Crews begin U Street work, set to end in April 2013

Road crews began tearing up U Street NW Tuesday, kicking off an improvement project that won’t be done until April 2013.

The $5 million street repair project, similar to the one nearly complete on 18^th Street NW in Adams Morgan, will repair the road and sidewalks and add landscaping, trash cans and decorative sidewalks in front of the Lincoln Theatre. The project will also install new parking meters and traffic signals, among other updates.