The El Paso streetcar project will mean intermittent closures on Stanton Street, Oregon Street, Glory Road and Baltimore Drive over the next month.
Overhead wire work on El Paso's Streetcar Project will close some traffic lanes and sidewalks along the route.
The intermittent closures will affect parts of Stanton Street, Oregon Street, Glory Road and Baltimore Drive over the next month.
Crews from Paso del Norte Trackworks are working to complete the overhead wire installation for the project on the uptown loop, the Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority said.
Officials warn that the overhead wires carry 650 DC volts and should always be considered energized.
Some of the overhead wires on the Downtown loop already have been installed, including on Franklin Avenue, Kansas Street, Father Rahm Avenue and Santa Fe Street.
Officials said installation on the uptown loop will begin on Stanton Street and Oregon Street south of Crosby Avenue. Once that work is complete, crews will work on the area north of Crosby, including Glory Road and Baltimore Drive.
The work will require minimal lane closures that should only last a few hours each, a news release said. This portion of the streetcar work is scheduled to be done in mid-May.
El Paso Streetcar No. 1506 already has been restored and has had test runs on sections of the tracks.
The streetcar and five other vintage President’s Conference Committee streetcars left El Paso for Brookville, Pa., more than two years ago for renovation.
The $97 million project will restore streetcar service on a route from South El Paso to the University of Texas at El Paso starting late this year.
The five other streetcars will return later this year from Pennsylvania and take to the rails in El Paso for the first time in more than 40 years.
Samuel Gaytan may be reached at 546-6175; sgaytan@elpasotimes.com; @SamuelGaytan on Twitter.