Road Construction Starting In 2 Eastern Montco Towns

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will perform road construction for a week in two local communities starting on Wednesday.

PennDOT said that the project is to install lane departure improvements to reduce lane departure-related fatal and serious injury crashes across the five-county Philadelphia region.

Drivers are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Wednesday, March 25, through Tuesday, March 31, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., a weekday periodic lane closure with flagging is scheduled on Fitzwatertown Road between Burn Brae Drive and Thunderhead Road in Abington and Upper Dublin townships.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because backups and delays will occur.

All scheduled activities are weather-dependent.

Road-Con, Inc. of West Chester, PA, is the general contractor on this $3.5 million project, which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

Drivers can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,200 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.