PennDOT Announces Start of Construction on I-76 East (Schuylkill Expressway) Slope Repair Project in Montgomery County
King of Prussia, PA – Construction to stabilize the existing rock slope along a stretch of eastbound Interstate 76 in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County is scheduled to begin on Monday, May 3, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today. The project is designed to help prevent future rock slides and reduce rock hazards to traveling motorists.
Lanes closures are scheduled on Monday, May 3 through Friday, May 7, from 11:00 PM to 5:00 AM the following morning on eastbound I-76 between Route 23 (Conshohocken State Road) and Belmont Avenue interchanges in West Conshohocken Borough and Lower Merion Township, for tree clearing operations.
Work on this project will be in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidance as well as a project-specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social distancing, use of face coverings, personal and job-site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the jobsite, and relevant training.
J.D. Eckman, Inc., of Atglen, Chester County is the general contractor on the $977,295 project which is financed with 100 percent state funds. The entire project is expected to finish in spring 2022.
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 1,000 traffic cameras.
For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit www.penndot.gov/District6TrafficBulletin.
Information about infrastructure in District 6 including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
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