Hardscrabble Road to close for culvert replacement

The Delaware Department of Transportation announced the closure of Hardscrabble Road, between Fleetwood Pond Road and Pepper Road, Millsboro, from 7 a.m. Feb. 17 to 11 p.m. Feb. 28, for the removal of the corrugated metal pipe and replacement of the pipe with a reinforced concrete box culvert. Additional work will also include the placement of riprap in the stream to reduce further erosion.

Motorists going west on Route 20/Hardscrabble Road will be detoured on U.S. 9/County Seat Highway and continue to go northbound on U.S. 13 and return to Route 20/Hardscrabble Road. Motorists traveling eastbound on Route 20/Hardscrabble Road will continue on U.S. 13 southbound and turn east onto U.S. 9/County Seat Highway and back to Route 20/Hardscrabble Road.Detour signage and message boards will be posted.