Plank Road, Seitz Road to Close for Intersection Improvement Project in Montgomery County

Plank Road, Seitz Road to Close for Intersection Improvement Project in
Montgomery County

3/28/2018-KING OF PRUSSIA

Plank Road and Seitz Road are scheduled to close beginning Monday, April 9,
for
excavation, stormwater and resurfacing operations as part of a project to
improve travel and safety at the intersections of Route 29 (Gravel Pike) at

Plank Road/Otts Road; Route 73 (Skippack Pike) at Plank Road; and Meyers
Road,
Seitz Road and Township Line Road in Skippack, Perkiomen and Limerick
townships, Montgomery County, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

(PennDOT) announced today.

The work schedule is:

• Monday, April 9, through late June, Plank Road will be closed and
detoured
between Route 29 (Gravel Pike) and Route 73 (Skippack Pike) in Perkiomen
and
Skippack townships. Plank Road motorists will be directed to use Route 29
(Gravel Pike), Haldeman Road and Route 73 (Skippack Pike); and

• Monday, April 9, through late September, Seitz Road will be closed and
detoured between Meyers Road and Fox Heath Boulevard in Perkiomen Township.

Seitz Road motorists will be directed to use Township Line Road, Wartman
Road
and Bridge Street.

Meanwhile, Otts Road will remain closed and detoured between Miller Road
and
Route 29 (Gravel Pike) in Perkiomen Township through May 2019. Otts Road
motorists will continue to use Route 29 (Gravel Pike), Bridge Street,
Wartman
Road, Township Line Road, Seitz Road and Meyers Road.

Motorists are advised to allow extra time when traveling near all the
construction areas because backups and slowdowns will occur. Local access
will
be maintained up to each work zone.

Improvements under this $11.3 million project 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 project that is financed with 100 percent state funds. The entire
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.

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, including

color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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 850
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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