PECO Scheduled to Close Several State Highways for Utility Improvements in Montgomery and Bucks Counties

PECO Scheduled to Close Several State Highways for Utility Improvements in
Montgomery and Bucks Counties

8/18/2017-KING OF PRUSSIA

PECO is scheduled to close several state highways for utility improvement
in
Montgomery and Bucks counties, for utility improvements, the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, August 21, and Tuesday, August 22, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, lane
restrictions with flagging are scheduled on Washington Lane between Rydal
Road/Valley Road and Cox Road, in Abington Township, Montgomery County, for
gas
main installation;
• Monday, August 21, through Friday, August 25, from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM,
U.S.
202 (DeKalb Street) is scheduled to close between Schuylkill Avenue and
Main
Street in Norristown, Montgomery County, for gas main installation. During
construction, U.S. 202 (DeKalb Street) motorists will be detoured over Main

Street and Markley Street; and
• Monday, August 28, through Friday, September 22, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM,
Old
Lincoln Highway is scheduled to close weekdays between Hulmeville Road and
Brownsville Road, in Middletown Township, Bucks County, for gas main
replacement. During construction, Old Lincoln Highway motorists will be
detoured over Brownsville Road, Bristol Road, Route 213 (Bridgetown
Pike/Maple
Avenue).

Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone for all
closures.
Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near the work
areas.
All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

PECO will complete these projects under a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit.

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.

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