PennDOT to Repair U.S. 30 and Address Sinkhole Activity in West Whiteland Township, Chester County

PennDOT to Repair U.S. 30 and Address Sinkhole Activity in West Whiteland
Township, Chester County

5/26/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced
that
construction will begin Tuesday night, May 31, on a $2.9 million project to

repair U.S. 30 and address sinkhole activity at two locations in West
Whiteland
Township, Chester County.

PennDOT's contractor will reinforce the earth under U.S. 30 in the median
and
parts of the eastbound and westbound inside travel lanes about 2,000 feet
east
of the Business U.S. 30 Interchange, and in the eastbound inside lane and
median approximately 1,000 feet east of the bridge over Clover Mill Road.
Construction is expected to finish in October 2016.

Crews will repair the median area just east of the Business U.S. 30
Interchange
by excavating 15 feet into the earth and replacing the soil above the
bedrock
with pervious concrete. Following this operation, the contractor will
reconstruct and resurface the inside shoulders and parts of the inside
travel
lanes on U.S. 30. The work area is about 120 feet long and 50 feet wide.

Just east of Clover Mill Road, the contractor will drill over 250 holes
into
the eastbound lanes and median and pump grout 55 feet into the earth to
fill
underground voids. An existing underground storm drain pipe also will be
relocated. Upon completing the pressure grouting, crews will resurface the
eastbound lanes and shoulders. The work area covers a distance of 300 feet.


Beginning next week, nighttime lane closures are scheduled on U.S. 30
between
the Business U.S. 30 and Route 100 interchanges from 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM the

following morning for drainage and shoulder resurfacing operations.
Eastbound
U.S. 30 will be reduced to one lane the nights of Tuesday, May 31,
Thursday,
June 2, and Friday, June 3. Westbound U.S. 30 will be restricted to one
lane
Wednesday night, June 1.

The following week, the contractor will work at night to shift U.S. 30's
two
eastbound and westbound travel lanes to the right and away from the median
from
the Business U.S. 30 Interchange to just east of the bridge over Clover
Hill
Road. Lane closures will occur Monday, June 6, to Friday, June 10, from
7:00 PM
to 5:00 AM the following morning. Eastbound U.S. 30 will be reduced to one
lane
the nights of Monday, June 6, Tuesday, June 7, Thursday, June 9, and
Friday,
June 10. Westbound U.S. 30 will be restricted to one lane the nights of
Wednesday, June 8, Thursday, June 9, and Friday, June 10.

The contractor's work schedule is dependent on the weather.

During this multi-stage project, PennDOT will keep two travel lanes open in

each direction on U.S. 30, but motorists will encounter slight traffic
pattern
shifts and off-peak lane closures. The contractor may close travel lanes
weeknights from 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning, and on weekends.

PennDOT developed this improvement plan following the identification of
sinkholes during the repair of an underground drainage pipe near the Clover

Mill Road overpass in March 2015. Last summer, the department used
ground-penetrating radar to survey areas beneath U.S. 30 where sinkhole
activity was evident and to identify the location of underground voids.
This
information was used for the design of the project.

Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester, Chester County, is the general contractor
on
the project that is financed with 100 percent state funds.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides
traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 770 traffic cameras.

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