DelDOT is coming back in April 2025 to finish what it started on Rehoboth Avenue in the fall. Paving was completed in the fall from the bandstand to 2nd Street before work was halted in mid-December due to the early arrival of cold temperatures, which can impact the quality of paving.

Roadwork is scheduled to resume beginning the evening of Sunday, April 6. The contractor, A-Del, will complete the project overnight, working from 6 pm-6 am Sunday evening through Friday morning.

Work, which includes milling and paving between 2nd Street and the traffic circle, is expected to take about a month to complete. In addition, permanent striping will be installed east of 2nd Street, with minimal traffic impacts.

• Milling will be completed first. The contractor will begin working from the traffic circle to 2nd Street in left-hand lanes on both sides of the roadway, and then will mill the right lanes and parking areas working from 2nd Street, and finally the traffic circle itself.
• When milling is complete, the roadway will be paved.
• Finally, striping will be installed.

Lane closures and parking restrictions will be necessary in work zones; one lane in each direction will remain open. Flaggers will be on site to assist with traffic control. Where possible, the city will work with the contractor to ensure that parking on one side of the street remains open. For example, if storefront parking is closed in an area, median parking will remain open, if available.

The paving project is expected to be completed by Friday, May 16.

The City of Rehoboth Beach is undertaking an approximately 10-year, $70 million project to make critical improvements at its wastewater treatment plant. The city currently is nearing completion of Phase 3 of this four-phase project. Associated completed projects include construction of the ocean outfall, installation of an ocean outfall force main, and replacement of the effluent pump station.

Phase 3 includes mixer replacement (which has been completed) as well as construction of a new dewatering facility and conversion of existing aerobic digesters to waste sludge holding tanks, which is underway. Phase 3B work is expected to be completed in 2025.

Phase 4 work will include installation of new plant controls; replacement of chemical feed systems, all sludge and scum pumps, HVAC equipment, flow control equipment, and water pumping systems; renovations to the dewatering building and three large storage tanks; and miscellaneous architectural repairs. Phase 4 construction costs are expected to be included in the city's fiscal year 2026 budget.

The City of Rehoboth Beach will replace the arms, fixtures, and bulbs (but not the poles themselves) on the lights in the median of Rehoboth Avenue with LED lights, which provide less expensive illumination. This project has been delayed due to issues with the parts, and now is expected to be undertaken following the 2025 summer season. When it gets underway, work will take approximately three weeks to complete. The new LED lights will be adjustable and night sky-like.

This is the first phase of a three-phase project to install LED lights. Sidewalk lights along Rehoboth Avenue and lights along the boardwalk also will be replaced.

This project has been completed.

The pump station on State Road is the main facility providing wastewater flow to the city's treatment plant. In 2021, the old facility was found to be structurally unsound. Work began in spring 2023 to replace the pumps and reconstruct the pump station. The $2.7 million project has been contracted to Michael F. Ronca & Sons Contractor and is expected to be completed in 2024.

As of June 2024, the new pump station is fully operational and utilizing the 16-inch force main. A 12-inch force main, which is used in emergencies, also is ready if needed. Some finishing work will continue to occur at the project site, including changing a 10-inch line to plastic as well as installing permanent fencing and landscaping.