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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Construction will continue this week at night on the River Street Corridor Project.</p><p>The work will be done between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. on the following schedule:</p><p>&#8226; Sunday night through Monday morning, there will be milling of River Street from North through South streets, and temporary pavement markings will be applied.</p><p>&#8226; Monday night through Tuesday morning, there will be completion of milling and cleaning, adjustment of manholes and performing base repairs to the roadway.</p><p>&#8226; Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, the roadway will be paved.</p><p>&#8226; Wednesday night through Thursday morning, there will be more paving, and permanent pavement markings and temporary crosswalk lines will be applied.</p><p>&#8226; Thursday through June 15, a subcontractor will be installing pavement impressions and permanent hot thermoplastic crosswalk pavement markings on River Street and on side roads from North Street through South Street. This work will be performed mainly during daylight hours. Flaggers will be used to control and direct traffic. Traffic delays may be experienced.</p><p>All scheduled work is weather dependent and subject to change. The corridor project is scheduled to be completed in mid-June.</p><p>The $1.87 million project includes 11 pedestrian crossings across River Street at the intersections with Northampton, Market, Union and North streets, at the Millennium Circle Portal and the south entrance to the Luzerne County Courthouse. The 10-foot-wide crosswalks will be stamped concrete and colored to give the appearance of natural brick.</p><p>The project also includes enhanced storm water drainage, road paving, curb improvements, new traffic signals and traffic signal timers.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Road crews mill the old pavement along River Street in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday evening. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_TTL052316RiverStreet.jpg</photo0><caption0>Road crews mill the old pavement along River Street in Wilkes-Barre on Sunday evening. </caption0><photoCredit0>Sean McKeag | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Jerry Lynott</p><p>jlynott@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Jerry Lynott at 570-991-6120 or on Twitter @TLNews.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Night work this week for River Street Corridor project in Wilkes-Barre