FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Temporary Lane Closures Continue on Blair Road, Cedar Street and 4th Street NW Through April 11
(Washington, DC) – The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will continue intermittent lane closures and weekend construction work on the Blair Road/Cedar Street/4th Street NW Intersection Improvement through Saturday, April 11, 2020, weather permitting. Construction activities will take place in the locations described below. Street milling and paving will be completed along Blair Road, Butternut Street, 4th Street, and Cedar Street.
Construction will require intermittent closing of travel lanes on westbound and eastbound Cedar Street, northbound and southbound Blair Road and 4th Street, and westbound and eastbound Butternut Street. Lane closures will take place between 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM on weekdays and between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM on Saturdays if requests for work on April 4, 2020 and April 11, 2020 are received and permission is granted.
Both lanes on Blair Road, Cedar Street, Butternut Street and 4th Street will also be closed intermittently during this same period for the installation of streetlights, traffic signals, sidewalk, and bioretention facilities as well as milling the roadway. Roadway users should expect short interruptions to two-way traffic.
Milling and paving operation will begin on both day and night shifts.
- Wednesday, April 1, 2020: No road closure. PCC base repairs along Blair Road, Cedar Street and 4th
- Thursday, April 2, 2020: Blair Roadwill be closed both ways from Aspen Street to 4th Street from 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM.
- Thursday, April 2, 2020: 4th Street will be closed from Butternut Street to Cedar Street from 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM (Friday).
- Friday April 3, 2020: Blair Roadwill be closed both ways from Cedar Street to Dahlia Street (Local Traffic Only) from 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM.
Directional signs will be erected to direct travelers safely through the work zone. All users of the roadway are advised to stay alert while traveling through the corridor and to be observant of the work zones.
Once complete, the Blair Road/Cedar Street/4th Street Intersection Improvement Project will increase safety for all users of the roadway travelling through the corridor.
For more information about the Blair Road/Cedar Street/4th Street Intersection Improvement project and to stay up-to-date on traffic-related impacts and construction progress, please visit 4th/ Blair/ Cedar NW Intersection Improvements.
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