Transportation
Traffic will be affected primarily between the Oaks and U.S. Route 202 interchanges, and all of the work is expected to be conducted Monday through Thursday during overnight hours.
Francis Hanney, a traffic services senior manager for King of Prussia-based PennDOT District 6, is among 15 employees honored for innovative ideas that made the state transportation agency more productive.
Bridges across U.S. Route 422 at South Pleasant View and Park roads in Lower Pottsgrove must be removed and replaced before related work can proceed. Work continues next week, and will close a portion of 422 nightly.
Lane closures on east- and west-bound U.S. Route 422 are scheduled next week between its Limerick and Sanatoga interchanges. Asphalt paving, guide rail replacement, and shoulder work are planned.
Lower Pottsgrove Township commissioners and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation have agreed to install traffic-monitoring cameras at the intersection of East High Street and Rupert Road.
Lower Pottsgrove has won nearly $200,000 in Montgomery County transportation grant funds to pay for replacing the aging and weight-restricted bridge on Pruss Hill Road, its commissioners heard Thursday.
The work to replace downtown Pottstown's West King Street bridge is officially under way. Expect "short-term" traffic controls for project set-ups, PennDOT said. It also provided a detour map.
Overnight traffic Monday through Friday until Oct. 30 on East High Street in Pottstown and Sanatoga may get busier, with Route 422 detours planned due to bridge demolition on South Pleasant View Road.