U.S. 1 (City Avenue) Lane Closures Next Week for Safety Improvement Project in Philadelphia and Montgomery County

U.S. 1 (City Avenue) Lane Closures Next Week for Safety Improvement Project
in Philadelphia and Montgomery County

4/27/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

Right lane closures are scheduled on northbound and southbound U.S. 1 (City

Avenue) between Bala Avenue and 63rd Street in Philadelphia and Lower
Merion
Township, Montgomery County, on Monday, May 1, through Friday, May 5, from
9:00
AM to 3:00 PM, for traffic signal upgrades and curb ramp installations
related
to a $2.9 million safety improvement project, the Pennsylvania Department
of
Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work
area.
The contractor's schedule is dependent on the weather.

The work is part of a project to improve travel and safety on a three-mile
section of U.S. 1 (City Avenue) between Interstate 76 and U.S. 30
(Lancaster
Avenue), by installing adaptive traffic signals to improve traffic flow and

pedestrian safety along the corridor. The project is scheduled to finish in

November 2017.

PennDOT's contractor is upgrading and fully modernize 17 signalized
intersections along U.S. 1 (City Avenue) with a new wireless communication
system to better accommodate traffic flow. The improvements also include
the
installation of new pedestrian push buttons, traffic signal heads, pavement

markings, overhead street signs, and 74 new ADA curb ramps.

In addition to installing adaptive traffic signals, PennDOT's contractor is

performing various other roadway improvements on U.S. 1 (City Avenue),
including a new left turn and lane configurations at Cardinal Avenue to
improve
traffic and safety at that intersection.

Armour & Sons Electric Inc., of Langhorne, Bucks County, is the general
contractor on the $2,895,674 project, which is financed with 100 percent
federal funds.

The City Avenue Special Services District was responsible for initiating
this
transportation improvement project and advancing it by obtaining a
Congestion
Mitigation and Air Quality grant for the acquisition and installation of
new
traffic-adaptive signal equipment, and financing the engineering design of
the
new signal system.

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.

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 825 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and
Android
devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
accessible
on the 511PA website.

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