Rock Creek Parkway Road Work to Continue Until Spring

August 7, 2007 - 8:41am

Adam Tuss, WTOP Radio

WASHINGTON -- Construction and road work on Rock Creek Parkway from P Street down to Virginia Avenue in Northwest has quickly become one of the most frustrating areas for commuters, and it isn't going anywhere for a while.

Those orange barrels and ditches drivers see are part of the work to revamp that stretch of the parkway.

"There is resurfacing going on, draining work, curb replacement and a widening of the pedestrian and bike trail on the Georgetown side of the roadway," says Bill Line, spokesperson with the National Park Service. The parking lot at Thompson's Boat Center also is being repaved.

But what could be especially troubling for drivers is the fact that the work isn't expected to wrap up until spring 2008. All four lanes of the parkway are going to be resurfaced, one by one.

"Drivers should try to find alternate routes if Rock Creek Parkway is your typical way of travel," says Line.

The road work started in April. Right now construction crews are working 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturdays. If night work is required, they are doing that between 11 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Weekend work hours are from 7:00 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.

The P Street exit ramp off Rock Creek also is going through some rehabilitation. Right now drivers can still access Rock Creek Parkway from P Street, but they cannot get off the P Street exit from the Parkway. That work is expected to reverse itself, once work on the ramp hits the halfway point.

Adam Tuss, WTOP Radio

Those orange barrels and ditches drivers see are part of the work to revamp that stretch of the parkway.

But what could be especially troubling for drivers is the fact that the work isn't expected to wrap up until spring 2008. All four lanes of the parkway are going to be resurfaced, one by one.

"Drivers should try to find alternate routes if Rock Creek Parkway is your typical way of travel," says Line.

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