Lewes canal hit with another delay

Lewes, Del. – Canal restoration efforts hitting another delay in Lewes.

Construction was expected to be complete this month. Previously a bridge that was there for 100 years has been removed. The project aims to restore the canal to what it originally looked like and rebuild the embankment, and canal to allow for a much wider passageway. DelDOT tells 47 ABC last spring the project was halted due to a fisheries restriction between March and the fall, which means soil from the site can only be moved in the winter, making for much harder work in the colder temperatures.

“As that material is excavated it has to be dried out before it can actually be taken off-site, so that is obviously tough to do in the winter time when we have a lot of precipitation, we don’t get a lot of warm days, and a lot of sun to dry the material out. It’s just adding to the time that it takes for us to excavate those embankments,” says C.R. McLeod, Director of Community Relations for DelDOT

C.R. McLeod with DelDOT hopes that the bridge will be done before March to avoid any more delays.