Drivers should be alert through work zone
STATE COLLEGE – PennDOT’s work to improve safety and ease traffic congestion continues on state Route 3018 (Whitehall Road/University Drive) in State College. The three-mile project stretches from Route 26 to Atherton Street.
This PennDOT job is a separate and different project than Ferguson Township’s Whitehall Road project. Once PennDOT’s work is complete in the fall of 2013, travel along Route 3018 will be smoother, less congested and more efficient.
Activity the week of July 23 will include:
• A long-term lane closure of the travel (right) lane of eastbound Atherton Street, at the intersection of University Drive, will be set up on Tuesday, July 24.
• Pipe and inlet placement on the left side from the Research Drive intersection to the Stonebridge Drive intersection.
• Traffic signal foundation construction at various intersections throughout the project.
• Excavation and embankment placement for widening from Research Drive to Blue Course Drive.
• Paving on the left from the Campbell Road intersection to the Atherton Street intersection.
• Excavation and paving of temporary widenings from the West College Avenue intersection to the Waupelani Drive intersection.
Drivers may encounter flaggers at various locations between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Drivers need to be alert for construction vehicles entering and exiting construction areas.
PennDOT reminds motorists that bicyclists are known to be in the area. Motorists are asked to please use caution when driving near bicyclists, and to share the road and remain alert for bicyclists entering and using the highway. Drivers also need to be alert for pedestrians crossing the roadway.
Overall work includes roadway-widening, addition of a center left turn lane, addition of marked bicycle lanes, new traffic signals, drainage improvements, waterline relocation and roadway paving. All work is weather and schedule dependent. HRI Inc of State College is the contractor on this $10.3 million project.
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