Rehoboth Beach residents are invited to learn more about an upcoming streetscaping project.
A workshop next week will offer information about Phase II of the Lake Avenue Streetscape Improvements Project, providing the public an opportunity to review and discuss the plans.
“We have a section of Lake Avenue that we did a streetscape on a couple of years ago (2017) - it looks very nice. So this is a follow-up phase to that to extend it,” said Kevin Williams, public works director for the City of Rehoboth.
He says the project includes enhancements along Olive Avenue and Maryland Avenue from Third Street to Second Street and Second Street from Olive Avenue to Rehoboth Avenue.
"It will improve the stormwater infrastructure. It will resurface the roads. It will re-adjust some of that island in the middle of Olive and Maryland Avenues so it becomes safer for both vehicles and pedestrians,” Williams said.
Williams says one of the project’s main objectives is to provide safe sidewalks and crosswalks that are Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant.
“It’s very important to us in the City obviously," Williams said. "We have a great need to improve that throughout the City. And this is just the next step in our progression of making all of intersections and our crosswalks compliant.”
Williams says the project’s cost is $1 million, paid for by the City and DelDOT.
The public workshop is at 10 a.m. Monday, January 27, 2020, at Rehoboth Beach City Hall in the 3rd floor training room.
