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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Routes 22, 33 Lead Road Work Projects This Week

These are the road projects PennDOT has planned for Palmer and Forks Townships this week.

BETWEEN: PA 248 AND PA 33 ROAD NAME: PA 33 BETWEEN: Van Buren Road AND PA 191

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Route 22 Ramp Work in Palmer

PennDOT says work will take place though Monday on ramps on Route 22.

ROAD NAME: US 22 Ramps BETWEEN: 25th Street Exit AND 13th Street Exit

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Routes 611, 22, 33 Top Road Work This Week

These are the road projects PennDOT has planned for around Palmer and Forks townships this week.

ROAD NAME: PA 611/North Delaware Avenue BETWEEN: Lafayette Street AND Jacktown Road ROAD NAME: Uhler Road BETWEEN: Kesslersville Road AND Richmond Aston Road   ROAD NAME: 25th Street at US 22 BETWEEN: Park Avenue AND Freemansburg Avenue ROAD NAME: PA 33 BETWEEN: Belfast Interchange AND Wind Gap Interchange

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Route 611, Uhler Road Among Projects This Week

These are the road projects PennDOT has planned for Forks and Palmer townships this week.

ROAD NAME: PA 611/North Delaware Drive BETWEEN: Lafayette Street AND Monroe County Line ROAD NAME: Uhler Road BETWEEN: Kesslersville Road AND Richmond Aston Road ROAD NAME: Freemansburg Avenue BETWEEN: Ohio Street in Bethlehem Twp. AND Butler Street in Wilson ROAD NAME: PA 33 South Ramp to Interstate 78 East

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Routes 22, 33, 78 Top Road Work This Week

These are the road projects PennDOT has planned in and around Palmer and Forks Townships this week.

ROAD NAME: PA 33 at William Penn Interchange ROAD NAME: US 22 BETWEEN: Northampton County AND Interstate 78 ROAD NAME: Interstate 78 ramp at Exit 71 (PA 33)

Monday, April 22, 2013

Road Work Projects for Palmer/Forks This Week

These are the projects PennDOT has planned for Palmer and Forks Townships this week.

Route 22 ROAD NAME: Between US 22 AND William Penn Interchange

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Pay Extra $100 on Traffic Tickets to Fund Road Repairs?

Ran a red light? $100, please: PA proposal would add traffic fines for road repairs.

By Melissa Daniels/Pa Independent HARRISBURG — The latest proposal to fund repairs to Pennsylvania’s aging roads and bridges could mean steeper costs for all drivers, especially those with a lead foot. Sen. John Rafferty, R-Montgomery, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, unveiled his proposal for $2.5 billion worth of transportation funding Tuesday. The plan uncaps the oil-franchise tax, which is paid on the wholesale price of gasoline, to raise about $1.6 billion, and brings in millions more by increasing Pennsylvania Department of Transportation fees and a new surcharge on top of traffic tickets. “If we want to be competitive and we want to move the state forward, we have to do something in the way of transportation funding…

John Anderson

10:26 pm on Sunday, April 21, 2013

Considering the lack of traffic enforcement in PA, this would be great. People get way with tons of violations here.   more ›

Friday, April 19, 2013

Merge Turnpike Commission with PennDOT, Lawmakers Say

Group of GOP lawmakers call for abolishing PA Turnpike citing scandal, redundancy.

By Melissa Daniels/Pa Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has two transportation agencies. One controls more than 40,000 miles of state roads and 25,000 bridges, and another maintains 545 miles of tolled highway. The former has seven executives, one for every 5,857 miles of roadway; the latter nine executives, one for every 60 miles of roadway. For a group of Republican lawmakers, this doesn’t add up, especially when one of those agencies was the subject of a 44-month long grand jury investigation over alleged bid-rigging. Standing alongside a dozen other GOP lawmakers, Rep. Donna Oberlander, R-Clarion, introduced legislation Wednesday to abolish the “corruption-infested” Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and fold the route’s operation …

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Freemansburg Avenue Bridge over Nancy Run Now Open

Freemansburg Avenue Bridge was closed Friday due to undermining of bridge abutment.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that the Freemansburg Avenue Bridge over Nancy Run has reopened. The bridge was closed Friday due to abutment scouring. Emergency repairs included excavation work, placing concrete under the abutment, and installing and removing sandbag dikes for temporary stream diversion. "The contractor did an outstanding job responding to this emergency request to fix the Freemansburg Avenue Bridge," District Executive Michael W. Rebert said. "We appreciate the patience of the Freemansburg community during this closure." While major repairs to the structure are complete, the contractor, J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen, Pa., still has to perform rock armoring of the structure abutment walls. …

Monday, April 15, 2013

Bridge Damage Closes Freemansburg Avenue

PennDOT orders immediate closure of bridge over Nancy Run because of a void under the bridge's western abutment. Time frame for repair is uncertain.

A portion of Freemansburg Avenue from Pembroke Road to Willow Park Road will be closed indefinitely until a bridge that spans the Nancy Run can be repaired, a PennDOT spokesman said. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation was scheduled to close the road to vehicular traffic at 7 p.m. Friday, according to a news release. It is not known how long the road will stay closed, said Ron Young, a department spokesman. Motorists are strongly encouraged to avoid the area and seek alternative routes. An inspection of the Nancy Run bridge this week discovered scouring by stream water has undermined a portion of the bridge's western abutment, which means some of the ground supporting the abutment has been washed out, leaving a void, according to…

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