FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 21, 2017

 

U.S. 1 (City Avenue) Daytime Lane Closures for Traffic Signal Work in Philadelphia and Montgomery County

 

King of Prussia, PA – Right lane closures are scheduled on northbound and southbound U.S. 1 (City Avenue) between U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue) and Kings Grant Drive in Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, on Monday, June 26, though Thursday, June 29, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, for traffic signal installations, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.

 

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work area. The contractor’s schedule is dependent on the weather.

 

The work is part of a $2.9 million project to improve travel and safety on a three-mile section of U.S. 1 (City Avenue) between Interstate 76 and U.S. 30 (Lancaster Avenue), by installing adaptive traffic signals to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety along the corridor. The project is scheduled to finish in November 2017.

 

PennDOT’s contractor is upgrading and fully modernize 17 signalized intersections along U.S. 1 (City Avenue) with a new wireless communication system to better accommodate traffic flow. The improvements also include the installation of new pedestrian push buttons, traffic signal heads, pavement markings, overhead street signs, and 74 new ADA curb ramps.

 

In addition to installing adaptive traffic signals, PennDOT’s contractor is performing various other roadway improvements on U.S. 1 (City Avenue), including a new left turn and lane configurations at Cardinal Avenue to improve traffic and safety at that intersection.

 

Armour & Sons Electric Inc., of Langhorne, Bucks County, is the general contractor on the project, which is financed with 100 percent federal funds.

 

The City Avenue Special Services District was responsible for initiating this transportation improvement project and advancing it by obtaining a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant for the acquisition and installation of new traffic-adaptive signal equipment, and financing the engineering design of the new signal system.  

 

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by Act 89, or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

 

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles 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 825 traffic cameras.

 

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

 

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Brad Rudolph, 610-205-6800

 

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