June 2, 2023 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Road Report for June 3 through June 9

PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from June 3 through June 9. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.

• Vegetation management will cause daytime lane closures on Route 926 between Pocopson and Birmingham roads in Pocopson and Birmingham township through June 30. The work will also cause lane closures on Pocopson Road between Routes 926 and 52 through. The end of this month.

• Gas line installation will cause daytime lane closures on W. Miner Street, between S. Wayne Street and S. Bradford Avenue in West Chester from May 31 to June 28.

• Motorists should expect a full daytime closure, with a detour, of N. Concord Road between Route 1 and Station Road in Concord Township because of utility installation. The work is expected to last until July 21.

• Comcast utility improvements will cause weekday lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Route 1 and State Street between Route 41 and Meredith Street in Avondale and Kennett Square boroughs, and New Garden and Kennett townships through June 22.

• Gas line installation will cause daytime lane closures on Route 1 between Schoolhouse Road and Ladbroke Lane in East Marlborough Township through June 30.

• Roadway reconstruction will cause daytime lane closures on Route 202 between Smithbridge Road and Watkin Avenue, and on Naamans Creek Road between Route 202 and Graystone Drive through Sept. 1.

• Motorists should expect lane restrictions with a detour for trucks on Route 162 at its intersection with Route 82 in Newlin Township because of bridge repair. There is currently no date for completion.

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Coffee shop eyes Sept. 1 opening

Chadds Ford Business Association members got updates on two local businesses in the area during the CFBA’s June 1 lunch meeting. And one of those businesses is a coffee shop planned for the site of the former Bryn Mawr Trust Bank.

Casey Lafferty, who owns the little strip mall where the bank was and the U.S. Post Office still is, said Steve Sonsini, owner of what will be the Chadds Ford Coffee House, is eager to set up shop and hopes to open on Sept. 1.

As previously reported, one of the conditions for opening the coffee shop was that the rear lot had to be paved. Lafferty said that hasn’t happened yet but expects that to be taken care of soon. He added that the paving should only take about a day. Work on the interior, changing the bank into a coffee house, is expected to start in the middle of June.

Also during the meeting, CFBA member Frank Rupp who bought the old Dilworthtown Inn properties, said he now has a signed contract with Bryan Rogers, owner of Turks Head Sauce to lease the first floor of Jim Barnes’ former residence behind the Blue Pear. Rupp said it will serve breakfast and lunch. Barnes was the owner of the Dilworthtown Inn until his death in 2019.

Turks Head Sauce has an online presence selling hot sauce — https://www.turksheadsauce.com — and Rogers also operates a food truck, Rupp said. Renovations will be underway with an opening projected for autumn.

About Rich Schwartzman

Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.