Plank Road, Otts Road Closures Begin Next Month for Intersection Improvement Project in Montgomery County

Plank Road, Otts Road Closures Begin Next Month for Intersection
Improvement Project in Montgomery County

4/13/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced
that
Plank Road and Otts Road are scheduled to close beginning next month in
Perkiomen and Skippack townships, Montgomery County, for construction
related
to an $11 million intersection improvement project.

The work schedule is:

• Tuesday, May 2, through October 2017, Plank Road will be closed and
detoured
between Route 29 (Gravel Pike) and Route 73 (Skippack Pike) in Perkiomen
Township. Plank Road motorists will be detoured over Route 29 (Gravel
Pike),
Haldeman Road and Route 73 (Skippack Pike); and
• Tuesday, May 2, through May 2019, Otts Road will be closed and detoured
between Miller Road and Route 29 (Gravel Pike). Otts Road motorists will be

detoured over Route 29 (Gravel Pike), Bridge Street, Wartman Road, Township

Line Road, Seitz Road and Meyers Road.

The work is part of PennDOT's 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.

In addition to the closures next month, lane restrictions are scheduled
next
week on Route 29 (Gravel Pike), Route 73 (Skippack Pike), Plank Road and
Meyers
Road for utility construction.

Weather permitting, the work schedule is:

• Monday, April 17, through Friday, April 21, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and
7:00
PM to 5:00 AM, Route 29 (Gravel Pike) will be reduced to one lane between
Miller Road and Harrison Road in Perkiomen Township, for utility
relocation;
• Monday, April 17, through Friday, April 21, 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;
• Monday, April 17, through Friday, April 21, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and
7:00
PM to 5:00 AM, Plank Road will be restricted to one lane between Route 29
(Gravel Pike) and Route 73 (Skippack Pike) in Perkiomen Township, for
utility
relocation; and
• Monday, April 10, through Friday, April 14, 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.

During construction, all traffic will be controlled by flagging. Motorists
are
advised to allow extra time when traveling through the construction areas
because slowdowns may occur.

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

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those
made
possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department's Four and

Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

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