Traffic & Transit

Paving Work To Affect City Avenue Traffic This Week

PennDOT crews will be working on a portion of City Avenue during the daytime and nighttime this week, forcing lane closures.

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — City Avenue in Lower Merion will have lane closures during the daytime and nighttime this week, according to PennDOT.

PennDOT said resurfacing work will force alternating lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., as well as overnight from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning, on a portion of City Avenue.

The affected stretch of road is between Haverford Avenue and the City Avenue Bridge over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township.

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Work being done is prepping and paving operations, PennDOT said.

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

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All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

Under this resurfacing improvement project, PennDOT is milling the existing roadway surfaces and repaving the state highways with new asphalt.

The new pavement will seal the roadways and provide motorists with a smoother riding surface

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