$31.6M York Rd Improvement Project Starts in January

A three-year, $31.6 million project to improve York Road will begin in the coming weeks. 

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced this week that the project to rehabilitate and improve four miles of Route 263 in Warwick and Warminster townships will begin in January. 

PennDOT District Executive Lester C. Toaso said the work will make the road smoother and safer.

“When we are finished reconstructing Route 263, which has been in service since the 1970s, Central Bucks area motorists will have a smoother and safer highway,” Toaso said. “Route 263 is an important and heavily traveled highway in this section of Bucks County.”

Crews will work over the next three years to rebuild and improve Route 263 between Bristol and Sugar Bottom roads.

According to information from PennDOT, work includes full depth pavement reconstruction and resurfacing; intersection upgrades; rehabilitation of bridges over Neshaminy Creek and over Little Neshaminy Creek and Creek Road; replacement of existing storm water pipes and inlets; construction of new stormwater basins and swales; new traffic signals; and new guiderail, signs and pavement markings.

Turn lanes will be lengthened or added at seven intersections; and a new traffic signal will be installed at the intersection of Route 263 and Deer Run Drive. Also, side street approaches will be widened at signalized intersections and new curb ramps installed.

PennDOT estimates the project will be complete in October 2017.

“Motorists traveling through the construction area on Route 263 will initially face weekday, off-peak lane closures as crews relocate or replace underground and aerial utilities. Later on, drivers will face traffic pattern shifts and long-term, single-lane travel restrictions. Access to driveways will be maintained at all times and short-term weekend detours at signalized intersections may occur,” according to PennDOT. 

The total cost of the project is  $31,571,380. It is being financed with 100 percent federal funds. The general contractor is J.D. Eckman, Inc. of Atglen.