Posts Tagged ‘Streetscaping’

Frankford Ave Improvments to Begin Next Week

Friday, June 18th, 2010

A friendly reminder to the denizens of Frankford Ave;

Beginning the week of June 21st, and continuing for 5 months, Frankford Ave. streetscape improvements will be installed.  During the project Frankford Ave will remain open to traffic in both directions at all times, however there will be rolling closures of the parking lanes.  Work will begin on the eastern side of Frankford at Palmer St. and continue north to York St. After the eastern side of Frankford is completed, work will begin on the western side at York St. and continue south to Palmer St.  Please take this opportunity to prepare for the short term inconvenience, and feel free to contact Sarah or Henry at NKCDC with any questions or concerns.

Frankford Streetscaping Ready to Break Ground

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Neighbors viewing renderings of the streetwork

Last night, neighbors from the 1700 to the 2300 blocks of Frankford Avenue gathered at Circle of Hope for an important community meeting.  They were briefed on the details of a million dollar PennDOT project, years in the making, that was about to break ground.  The location:  their own doorsteps.

After years of community planning phases and approval letters being sent between NKCDC, PennDOT and the City of Philadelphia, street improvement work on Frankford Avenue was finally put out to bid several months ago.  A contractor, L.C. Costa Construction Inc, of Warminster, PA was the low bidder with a 1.15 million dollar price tag for the half-mile zone’s street work.  Pending a final commencement order from PennDOT, contractors could begin work as early as the first half of November, and no later than early December.

Details after the jump…

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