Benning Road NE to Get Streetscape Face Lift

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LOTS OF ATTENTION has been focused in recent years on the emerging H Street corridor in Northeast D.C., but a project to upgrade the revitalizing boulevard will also bring benefits to a main thoroughfare through that quadrant of the city: Benning Road NE.

Construction was scheduled to start today on an effort that'll include adding new traffic signals and street lights, installing fresh curbs, gutters and sidewalks, and improving things like fire hydrants and landscaping, the Department of Transportation said in a press release. The federally funded project is expected to cost $35 million and take two years to complete.

The work is part of the city's Great Streets Initiative, a 4-year, multimillion-dollar plan to bring improvements to public corridors.