Travel Restrictions Scheduled on Plank Road, Meyers Road, Route 73 (Skippack Pike), Route 29 (Gravel Pike) in Montgomery County

Travel Restrictions Scheduled on Plank Road, Meyers Road, Route 73
(Skippack Pike), Route 29 (Gravel Pike) in Montgomery County

2/23/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced
that
lane restrictions are scheduled on Plank Road, Meyers Road, Route 73
(Skippack
Pike), and Route 29 (Gravel Pike) in Perkiomen and Skippack townships,
Montgomery County, for utility construction .

The work schedule is:

• On Monday, February 27, through Friday, March 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,

Plank Road will be restricted to one lane between Route 29 (Gravel Pike)
and
Route 73 (Skippack Pike) in Perkiomen Township, for utility relocation.
Traffic
will be controlled by flagging;
• On Monday, February 27, through Friday, March 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,

Meyers Road will be reduced to one lane between Seitz Road and Miller Road
in
Perkiomen Township, for storm sewer installation. Traffic will be
controlled by
flagging;
• On Monday, February 27, through Friday, March 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,

Route 73 (Skippack Pike) will be restricted to one lane between Squirrel
Hill
Road and Perkiomen Creek Road in Skippack Township, for excavation and
utility
relocation. Traffic will be controlled by flagging; and
• On Monday, February 27, through Friday, March 3, February 24, from 9:00
AM to
3:00 PM, Route 29 (Gravel Pike) will be reduced to one lane between Miller
Road
and Harrison Road in Perkiomen Township, for utility relocation. Traffic
will
be controlled by flagging.

The work is part of PennDOT's $11 million project to improve travel and
safety
at the intersection of Route 29 (Gravel Pike) at Plank Road/Otts Road; the
intersection of Route 73 (Skippack Pike) at Plank Road; and the Meyers
Road,
Seitz Road and Township Line Road intersection in Skippack, Perkiomen and
Limerick Townships, Montgomery County.

The improvements include widening the intersection of Route 73 (Skippack
Pike)
and Plank Road to include left turn lanes on both roads; relocating Otts
Road
to align with Plank Road at Route 29 (Gravel Pike) to create a four-leg
intersection; adding left turn lanes on Route 29 (Gravel Pike) at Plank
Road/Otts Road; adding left turn lanes on Plank Road and Otts Road at Route
29
(Gravel Pike); realigning Meyers Road to intersect with Township Line Road;

realigning Seitz Road to form a T-intersection with Meyers Road; installing
new
traffic signals along the project corridor; and improving the roadway
alignment
in three locations.

The scheduled travel restrictions are subject to change due to weather,
emergency, and traffic considerations. Motorists should reduce their
speeds
whenever traveling through designated work zones.

H & K Group, Inc., of Skippack, Montgomery County, is the general
contractor on
the $11,292,416 contract that financed with 100 percent funds. The project
is
expected to finish by spring of 2019.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
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to more than 770 traffic cameras.

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on the 511PA website.

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