A section of Route 9 south of Port Penn will close for a month for a construction project to fix a frequently flooded area, starting Nov. 13.

Also called St. Augustine Road, the section of Route 9 between Sixth Street and Belts Road is scheduled to be closed around the clock until Dec. 11, according to the Delaware Department of Transportation .

The project includes paving, new guardrails and curbing, said George Haldas, DelDOT area manager.

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Crews will be raising the road with 5 inches of pavement and installing higher guardrails – 31 inches instead of the old standard of 27 inches.

Haldas said the guardrail change is because of

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