road infrastructure

Drivers will see single-lane restrictions on Interstate 83 and Route 15 this week. Crews plan to patch potholes on I-83 between the state line and the Emigsville exit, and they'll be spot milling bumps on Route 15 southbound between South Mountain and Ore Bank roads in Carroll Township. All work this week is scheduled for Monday through Wednesday.  

Work continues on the $71 million Donner III construction project to improve Interstate 80. Work includes repaving the existing roadway with Portland Cement Concrete, reconstructing failed sections of roadway, adding new drainage systems, upgrading existing drainage systems and construction of a new sediment/debris collection system. Completion is expected in 2011.  

Berks County officials say the best hope for Route 222 is to expand the road to a four-lane highway between Blandon and Kutztown. Members of the Reading Area Transportation Study have voted unanimously to support a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation study on widening the two-lane road. That study also will look at making intersection improvements at Route 73, R o u t e 6 6 2 a n d L o n g Lane. Route 222 traffic frequently backs up at the Route 662 and Route 73 intersections, and Long Lane is a  

For two years, Independent Alliance Coun Jane Branley campaigned for an extra crossing on Imeary Street, in Westoe. Now she has been given the news she has been waiting for, at the Riverside Community Area Forum. During a discussion of forthcoming construction projects in the area, it was announced that a new zebra crossing for the area is now 'on order', with work due to start on January 10, and expected to be completed within a week.  

Some lanes on Interstate 64 will be closed this weekend for repaving. Below is the advisory from VDOT. I-64 west/I-95 north (Henrico)- The exit ramp from I-64 west /I-95 north to I-195 south will be closed Nov. 22 from 7 a.m.- 4 p.m. the detour is as follows: Left on Laburnum Ave. then enter I-195 south.  

The money to maintain the Massachusetts Turnpike has to come from somewhere, and it appears many drivers agree that cash should come from the drivers who use the road. The group Citizens Against Road Tolls filed two ballot questions to require the state to eliminate tolls on the Pike, the Tobin Bridge, and the Boston Harbor Tunnels. However, they've fallen short of the number of signatures needed to put the questions on next year's ballot.  

Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Gary Hannig announced Friday that IDOT is giving motorists a break by suspending lane closures where possible over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. "Because we know so many Illinoisans are planning to travel during the holiday weekend, we're doing everything we can to keep the roads open and delay-free," Hannig said. "We hope suspending construction and opening lanes this Thanksgiving holiday will increase the chances of motorists getting to their destina

Because we know so many Illinoisans are planning to travel during the holiday weekend, we're doing everything we can to keep the roads open and delay-free   -Gary Hannig

 

A Holcomb convenience store owner's wish to vacate county road abutting his property has yet to be resolved. A Finney County District Court hearing scheduled for Friday was continued in the case of Presta Oil Inc., the company that owns the Presto convenience store at 7935 W. U.S. Highway 50. The company filed a petition with the county in early September to vacate a portion of frontage road south of the property and parallel to the east-west highway, but county officials have been unable to take acti  

The Ministry of Transport and Works advises the public that a number of changes will be made to the traffic flow on the following sections of road in Bridgetown, and will take effect from tomorrow, Sunday, November 22. The areas are Hincks Street/Princess Alice Highway/Prince Alfred Street/Cowell Street and Lower Broad Street. The following outlines the proposed changes:  

King County transportation planners want to hear from drivers whose commutes will be impacted when crews replace the aging May Creek Bridge. Send comments about the planned project to the King County Road Services Division. Comments must be received by 4:30 p.m.