The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) on Wednesday night, March 18, will begin a highway improvement project to repair and resurface more than eight miles of Route 30 in western Lancaster County. The project extends from the Susquehanna River to Route 23 (Marietta Avenue) in East Hempfield Township. Nearly 23, 000 vehicles travel on this portion of Route 30 on a daily basis.

There should be no daytime lane restrictions to interfere with traffic. However, motorists are advised that they may encounter single-lane traffic restrictions in one or both directions on Route 30 during the overnight hours between 9 PM and 6 AM. During the course of the project at night, motorists may also encounter closed ramps and detours at the interchanges with Third Street, Prospect Avenue, Stony Battery Road or Centerville Road when construction work is in the vicinity of those interchanges.

PennDOT has contracted with Pennsy Supply, Inc. of Annville, Pennsylvania, to conduct the highway improvement project at a cost of $7,012,410. This highway improvement project was made possible by Act 89, the transportation funding law enacted in November 2013.In addition to repairs to the road base, the old asphalt pavement between the river and Prospect Road will be milled (i.e., removed) and repaved with new asphalt. The remainder of the project will receive a thin micro-surfacing surface to seal and help extend the life of the underlying pavement. The overall project is scheduled to finish in late October.

SOURCE: news release