STATE COLLEGE – Standing near the Potters Mills V.F.W, PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch joined Centre County officials yesterday to break ground on the first of three projects along Route 322, known as “Potters Mills Gap” made possible by Act 89, the state’s transportation plan.
“It is our daily mission to improve safety and keep Pennsylvania moving,” Schoch said. “Thanks to Gov. Tom Corbett’s leadership, Act 89, our transportation plan, makes the long awaited Potters Mills Gap project a reality. The completion of these three sections will ultimately improve safety for the thousands of people who travel on this roadway every day.”
The first project was competitively bid on Oct. 23 and Jay Fulkroad and Sons Inc. of McAlisterville, Juniata County was named the apparent, low bidder at just under $2 million.
This first section will feature the design and construction of an overhead bridge at Sand Mountain Road. As a whole, the three projects will create a divided, four-lane roadway from west of the Route 144/322 intersection east to the top of Seven Mountains, near the Centre/Mifflin County line.
More than 13,000 vehicles travel on this section of roadway every day and that number increases to approximately 20,000 during Penn State home football games.
For more details on the project, visit www.dot.state.pa.us and search using “Potters Mills Gap”.
Schoch was joined by State Sen. Jake Corman, Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, PennDOT District 2 Executive Kevin Kline and other regional and local officials.