Parkway Problems, UPMC's Romoff Retiring And More: Weekly Wrap

PITTSBURGH, PA — Route 28 already is under construction - again. PennDOT recently announced the Parkway East's Commercial Street Bridge , the one leading into the eastern side of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel needs, to be replaced. Then came word that the Parkway West also needs a bit of work.

PennDOT officials held a virtual forum last week detailing upcoming Parkway West project near the Fort Pitt Tunnel to alleviate daily recurring congestion, travel time delays and above-average crash rates.

Patch knows what you're asking: What, no Parkway North inconvenience to add to commute times. No, but it's only been a few years since PennDOT spent more than two years virtually rebuilding that highway.

You have to love construction season, right?

Now for the rest of the Weekly Wrap:

• After decades at the helm of Pennsylvania's largest non-government employer,UPMC CEO Jeffrey Romoff is retiring.

• The Allegheny County Health Department ordered this Pittsburgh restaurant to close. Read this and you'll know why.

• Horrific: A Mt. Lebanon man killed his parents, wounded two police officers and then died in his car.

• U.S. News & World Report ranked two Pittsburgh hospitals among the state's best.

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