OTHER UTILITY WORK PLANNED AT I-95/GIRARD AVENUE INTERCHANGE AREA

September 2009 - As PennDOT works to improve the I-95/Girard Avenue Interchange (GIR) in 2009, 2010 and 2011, motorists and residents may encounter and be impacted by utility construction on Delaware Avenue and other surface roads in the project area. Most of these activities are not part of PennDOT’s GIR project.

These separate utility projects are proceeding on their own schedules and hours of operation. However, PennDOT has met with the agencies involved in the utility work to establish an information-sharing process. The parties also are coordinating the work whenever possible to minimize the impact on local traffic and surrounding neighborhoods.

Following is a summary of each of the utility projects. Questions about the individual projects should be directed to the agency noted.  Click here for a PDF showing the affected locations and the agency completing the work.

PECO Transmission Line Relocation
PECO will relocate an underground transmission line from 2nd Street and Spring Garden Streets, along Delaware Avenue to the PECO sub-station near Columbia Avenue.  Most of the construction activity will occur in the median lane of southbound Delaware Avenue and is expected to cause  significant disruption to traffic flow.

PECO also will be relocating a distribution line along southbound Delaware Avenue in the vicinity of the Sugarhouse Casino.

Schedule: March 2010 through May 2010
Contact: PECO


SEPTA Trolley Line Relocation
Construction at the I-95 Girard Avenue Interchange requires that SEPTA’s Route 15 Trolley line be relocated outside the interchange area.  SEPTA will build a new loop terminus for the trolley at Frankford Avenue and Delaware Avenue. The relocation will impact traffic on Delaware and Frankford avenues. SEPTA will utilize busses to shuttle passengers during construction.

Also, trolley service north of Frankford Avenue will  be shut down temporarily during construction at the interchange in 2010 while the new tracks for the Route 15 line are reconstructed along Girard Avenue and Richmond Street.

Schedule: 2010
Contact: SEPTA


PWD Culvert Construction
The Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) will construct a box culvert from Germantown Avenue, down Laurel Street and under Delaware Avenue to the Delaware River.  The culvert will be constructed in phases and in coordination with construction activities at the Sugarhouse Casino on Delaware Avenue. Excavation for the culvert will be between 20’ and 30’ deep. A section of Laurel Street may be closed during this construction.  Significant traffic impacts are expected on Delaware Avenue when work progresses to that location.

Schedule: January 2010 through January 2012
Contact: Philadelphia Water Department

PGW Gas Main
Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) will relocate a 6” gas main along Delaware Avenue near Shackamaxon Street. Traffic on Delaware Avenue may be impacted.
 
Schedule: Summer 2009
Contact: PGW

Sugarhouse Casino
A number of utility and intersection construction activities will affect traffic on Delaware Avenue in the vicinity of the planned casino.

Schedule: August 2009 through 2011
Contact: Sugarhouse Casino