May 15, 2026

PennDOT has announced the following weather-dependent road projects that could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area from May 11 to May 15. Motorists are urged to allow extra time traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.

• Sidewalk and curb construction begins next week on Creek Road in Chadds Ford Township. Work is scheduled to start on Monday, May 18, and go through Monday, July 20. There will be daytime lane closures on weekdays on Creek Road between Route 1 and Upper Bank Drive.

• Overhead utility work continues to cause daytime lane shifts on Cypress Stress Street between 66 E. Cypress Street and Ways Lane in Kennett Township through June 19.

• Traffic signal installation will continue to cause daytime lane closures at the intersection of Routes 202 and 926 through May 22 in Westtown Township.

• Vegetation management will cause daytime lane shifts on Brandywine Drive between Route 162 and Chestnut Hollow Lane, and on Green Valley Road, between Brandywine Creek and Powell roads in Newlin Township,  through May 30.

• Vegetation. Management will also cause daytime lane closures on Route 841 between Route 842 and Springdell in West Marlborough Township through May 30.

• Roadway reconstruction will cause lane shifts on the Conchester Highway between Chelsea Parkway and Cherry Tree Road in Upper Chichester from July 21 through October 15.

• Roadway construction will continue next week on Route 1 between the Kennett Oxford Bypass and Greenwood Road in Kennett and East Marlborough townships. From Friday, April 17, through Friday, July 31, motorists should expect daytime lane closures in both direction as crews will mill and overlay Route 1; construct a third travel lane on certain sections of the road in each direction and use existing shoulders and right turn lanes to create a third lane for the rest of the corridor; build sidewalks along the north side of Route 1 from Schoolhouse Road to the Longwood Village Shopping Center entrance; eliminate the left turn movement from Orchard Avenue onto Route 1; install two new Dynamic Message Signs; and upgrade five signalized intersections

• Overhead utility work will cause daytime lane shifts on Cypress Street between E. Cypress Street and Ways Lane in Kennett Township, Route 1 between Ways Lane and Fairville Road in Kennett, Pennsbury, and East Marlborough townships, and on Route 52 between E. Baltimore Pike and Wedgewood Drive in Kennett and Pennsbury townships through June 10.

• Intersection reconstruction will cause a full 24/7 closure of Bethel Avenue between Conchester Highway and Cherry Tree Road through late 2026. Detours to be posted.

• Kennett Square is reporting that the Birch Street Reconstruction Project is scheduled to end in the spring of 2026. During this time, Birch Street will experience rolling road closures where one or both lanes of traffic may be closed for a few hundred feet at a time. In general, the road will be open to local traffic, and road closures will be minimized as much as possible. When both lanes of traffic need to be closed for construction activities, access will be available on both sides of Birch Street, from South Broad Street and South Walnut Street.