Wolf Administration Announces Project to Improve Safety on U.S. 1 in Upper Darby and Haverford Townships, Delaware County

Wolf Administration Announces Project to Improve Safety on U.S. 1 in Upper
Darby and Haverford Townships, Delaware County

6/30/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Wolf Administration announced today that construction is scheduled to
begin
on Thursday, July 6, on a project to improve travel and safety on a
3.4-mile
section of U.S. 1 (Township Line Road) in Upper Darby and Haverford
townships,
Delaware County. The project is scheduled to be completed in August.

"This project specifically addresses the need to improve safety on a busy
stretch of U.S. 1 in Delaware County," Governor Tom Wolf said. "The traffic

calming measures implemented along this corridor will help save lives by
reducing speeds and crashes."

Under this improvement project, PennDOT will reconfigure the four-lane
section
of U.S. 1 (Township Line Road) to a five-lane section that includes a
center
turn lane along the corridor; resurface the highway from State Road to
Harding
Drive, narrow lane widths, install radar display speed signs and speed
limit
legends at various locations to help reduce speeds; perform tree and bush
trimming operations along the south side of U.S. 1 (Township Line Road)
between
Blythe Avenue and Belfield Avenue; and install High Friction Surface
Treatment
(HFST) on the northbound right lane of U.S. 1 (Township Line Road) between
State Road and Arrowhead Lane to improve safety.

During construction, there will be periodic lane restrictions through the
work
area during off-peak travel times. The work schedule for next week is:

• Thursday, July 6, and Friday, July 7, from 7:00 PM to 5:00 AM, lane
restrictions are scheduled on U.S. 1 (Township Line Road) between State
Road
and Harding Road for milling operations.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work area

because backups and delays may occur. All scheduled activities are weather
dependent.

Allan A. Myers, Inc. of Worcester, Montgomery County is the general
contractor
on the $1,077,555 project which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

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.

A list of weekly road restrictions and PennDOT maintenance operations in
the
five-county Philadelphia region is available by visiting the District 6
Traffic
Bulletin at www.penndot.gov/District6.

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.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT
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