More than $8.6 million will be invested in local projects by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation during the 2021 construction season, agency officials announced Wednesday.
“The importance of good roads and bridges in rural areas cannot be overstated,” said Gov. Tom Wolf. “The work that will take place this year across the north central region will ensure continued delivery of goods and services to hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians and add real value to people’s lives.”
Overall highlights in the 2021 construction season for District 2 (Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Juniata, McKean, Mifflin, and Potter counties) include:
“Our roadway and bridge construction efforts will help ensure safer, more convenient travel across our nine-county region,” District 2 Executive Tom Zurat said. “Improved travel is vital to the overall quality of life for area residents, and this year we will see over $68 million invested in 54 new road and bridge construction projects, as well as more than $118 million invested in continuing projects like our Interstate 80 bridge replacement project at the Woodland interchange in Clearfield County.”
Other local notable projects for this year include the Route 146 bridge replacement project over Red Mill Brook in McKean County, for $1.2 million.
The Route 2001 bridge preservation project will be $3.4 million for three locations in Cameron and Clearfield counties.
Bridge preservation on Route 555 in Elk County is slated for a $1 million project.
More than $3 million in total is slated for work along U.S. Route 6.
A Route 6 betterment project in the borough of Port Allegany in McKean County will see a $1.9 million investment, while bridge rehabilitation at three locations on Route 6 in Potter County will see a $1.4 million investment.
As construction projects are underway in the region, the traveling public can anticipate seeing many work zones and are urged to keep their safety and the safety of highway workers in mind. When encountering a work zone, please drive the posted speed limit, turn on your headlights, pay close attention to signs and flaggers, and avoid all distractions. In high traffic locations, motorists are encouraged to use both lanes of travel to the merge point and are to take turns merging into the open lane.
