Street milling began on Friday on S. 21st Street in Harrisburg
Driving around Harrisburg will soon be a smoother ride, as the city plans to pave a number of roads.
On Friday, Harrisburg kicked off a series of 17 paving projects around the city, prioritizing some of the most troublesome streets, officials announced at a press conference.
“Paving equals progress,” Mayor Wanda Williams said. “What we are seeing today is the start of a new Harrisburg, one with freshly paved streets, where our cars and bikes can safely travel and our neighborhoods can take pride in.”
Paving will happen in Uptown, Allison Hill, South Harrisburg and east Harrisburg.
Harrisburg Mayor Wanda Williams and Public Works officials announced street paving projects at a press conference on Friday.
Street paving projects will take place one at a time, with crews first milling the roads on Fridays before freshly paving them on Mondays and Tuesdays. Residents on impacted blocks will be given 72 hours notice before work is started.
All of the projects are slated to be finished by Oct. 31.
According to Williams, the work will be done by Harrisburg employees.
The city plans to pave the following streets:
- 17th Street, between State and Liberty
- 15th Street, between 22 S. 15th and Market
- 14th Street, between Derry and Mayflower
- Chestnut Street, between 15th and 17th
- 20th Street, between Bellevue and Cathedral
- 21st Street, between Brookwood and Berryhill
- Hale Street, between Magnolia and Rudy
- Wayne Street, between 16th and 17th
- Ione Street, between Wayne and Sycamore
- 4th Street, between Division and Reels
- Atlas Street, between Schyulkill and Seneca
- Hamilton Street, between 3rd and 5th
- Reily Street, eastbound lane between 7th and 6th
- 6th Street, southbound lane between Boyd and Reily
- Intersection of 20th & Zarker
- Intersection of 20th & Chestnut
- Intersection of 21st & Chestnut
The city plans to restart street paving in the spring of 2024.
“All of the seven districts will have their streets paved,” Williams said. “We will be focusing on the whole city of Harrisburg. The residents have asked for this, and we now have the opportunity and the funding.”
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