DUBOIS – Work to improve the Route 119/322 “Blinker Parkway” intersection in Sandy Township is continuing, with an update noted below. When work completes late this year, area drivers will be able to travel through a wider intersection with improved visibility and enhanced safety.
For the week of July 29, area drivers can expect:
- Contractor will placing embankment along Route 322 for roadway widening
- Contractor will begin excavation and drainage work for the next phase of construction.
- Motorists should be alert for the new traffic pattern and traffic signal changes that were put into effect on July 24.
Drivers can expect travel delays as the travel lane change occurs. Traffic will controlled by flaggers at the Route 322/119 intersection.
PennDOT reminds drivers to be cautious, watch for slow moving and stopped vehicles through the work zone, obey posted speed limits, and always buckle up.
Overall work will include construction of turning lanes, roadway widening, slight roadway re-alignment, drainage improvements, new curbing and sidewalk, curb ramps, and traffic signal upgrades
All work is weather and schedule dependent. Work is scheduled to end by early December of this year. HRI Inc. of State College is the contractor on this $1.3 million project.
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