Drivers face stiffer penalties for dumping trash in litter enforcement corridors: designated sections of roads with high scenic or historic value. State agencies and beautification advocates promoted them Thursday.
Transportation
Shovels were filled and dirt ceremoniously thrown in ground-breaking for the new westbound U.S. Route 422 on-ramp at Sanatoga. An equally celebratory completion event is anticipated in November.
Asphalt sealing and pipe replacement work on sections of U.S. Route 422 across Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick townships will prompt lane closures next week.
Drivers on U.S. Route 422 between the Armand Hammer Boulevard and Sanatoga interchanges took photos Thursday of flash flooding on a portion of the highway. More limited, scattered storms are possible Friday, the National Weather Service said.
Three separate lane closures are scheduled to begin Sunday and Monday on both sides of U.S. Route 422 in Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick. Of them, two are expected to continue through the first week of July.
On Tuesday - the day after Memorial Day, as predicted - work began at the U.S. Route 422 interchange at Sanatoga to build a new, traffic-easing westbound entrance ramp from Evergreen Road.
PennDOT's contractor returns from the Memorial Day weekend to work on U.S. Route 422 westbound in Limerick Township for a full week of paving. Drivers should expect overnight lane closures.
About 300 residents located on or near Alderfer Road in Lower Salford will be affected by a PECO Energy planned power outage now re-scheduled for June 10. It was postponed from May 27-28.
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