Lane Restrictions Scheduled Next Week on Route 29, Meyers Road and Route 73 in Montgomery County

Lane Restrictions Scheduled Next Week on Route 29, Meyers Road and Route 73
in Montgomery County

6/8/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced
that
lane restrictions are scheduled next week on Route 29 (Gravel Pike) and
Meyers
Road in Perkiomen Township, and Route 73 (Skippack Pike) in Skippack
Township,
Montgomery County, for utility and construction activities related to an
$11.2
million safety improvement project.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, June 12, through Friday, June 16, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and
7:00 PM
to 6:00 AM, Route 29 (Gravel Pike) will be reduced to a single lane between

Miller Road and Harrison Road in Perkiomen Township, for utility
relocation;
• Monday, June 12, through Friday, June 16, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Meyers

Road will be reduced to a single lane between Seitz Road and Miller Road in

Perkiomen Township, for excavation, grading and paving operations; and
• Monday, June 12, through Friday, June 16, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Route
73
(Skippack Pike) will be restricted to a single lane between Squirrel Hill
Road
and Perkiomen Creek Road in Skippack Township, for excavation and subbase
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 will occur.

In addition to the lane restrictions, the following long-term closures were
put
in place on May 2, on Plank Road and Otts Road in Perkiomen and Skippack
townships:

• Plank Road is closed and detoured between Route 29 (Gravel Pike) and
Route 73
(Skippack Pike) through October 2017. Plank Road motorists are being
detoured
over Route 29 (Gravel Pike), Haldeman Road and Route 73 (Skippack Pike);
and
• Otts Road is closed and detoured between Miller Road and Route 29 (Gravel

Pike) through May 2019. Otts Road motorists are being directed to use 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.

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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