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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Route 33 Leads Road Work for Week

These are the road projects PennDOT has planned for around the Nazareth Area this week.

ROAD NAME: PA 248/Bath Pike BETWEEN: Walnut Drive AND Gracedale Avenue ROAD NAME: PA 512/Lehigh Avenue BETWEEN: Sullivan Trail Road AND East Main Street ROAD NAME: BETWEEN: Belfast Interchange AND Wind Gap Interchange (Bushkill Twp.) ROAD NAME: BETWEEN: PA Ave AND Monroe County Line (Plainfield Twp.)

Monday, May 6, 2013

Routes 191, 512 Highlight Road Work This Week

These are the road projects PennDOT has planned for this week in the Nazareth area.

ROAD NAME: PA 191/Nazareth Road BETWEEN: Broadhead Road AND Mikron Road ROAD NAME: PA 33 North BETWEEN: Belfast Interchange AND Wind Gap Interchange (PA 512)

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Route 33 Road Work for Bushkill, Plainfield Twps. Friday

PennDOT is planning utility work on Route 33 around Bushkill and Plainfield Townships Wednesday. Work is now put off until Friday.

ROAD NAME: PA 33 BETWEEN: PA 512 (Wind Gap) AND Belfast (Belfast Road)

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Broad Street, Newburg Road Top Road Work Projects

These are the projects PennDOT has planned for the Nazareth area this week.

ROAD NAME: Newburg Road BETWEEN: Rising Sun AND Northwood Ave ROAD NAME: Main Street BETWEEN: Monocacy AND Beersville ROAD NAME: PA 33 ramps BETWEEN: US 22 AND Monroe County Line

Saturday, April 20, 2013

This Week in Road Projects

Road Work for the Week of April 22

PennDOT crews will tackle a variety of projects on Tatamy Road, Penn Allen Road, Route 512, Route 946 and Route 33.

Make your commute a little easier by avoiding the following road work this week:

Pay Extra $100 on Traffic Tickets to Fund Road Repairs?

Ran a red light? $100, please: PA proposal would add traffic fines for road repairs.

By Melissa Daniels/Pa Independent HARRISBURG — The latest proposal to fund repairs to Pennsylvania’s aging roads and bridges could mean steeper costs for all drivers, especially those with a lead foot. Sen. John Rafferty, R-Montgomery, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, unveiled his proposal for $2.5 billion worth of transportation funding Tuesday. The plan uncaps the oil-franchise tax, which is paid on the wholesale price of gasoline, to raise about $1.6 billion, and brings in millions more by increasing Pennsylvania Department of Transportation fees and a new surcharge on top of traffic tickets. “If we want to be competitive and we want to move the state forward, we have to do something in the way of transportation funding…

John Anderson

10:26 pm on Sunday, April 21, 2013

Considering the lack of traffic enforcement in PA, this would be great. People get way with tons of violations here.   more ›

Friday, April 19, 2013

Merge Turnpike Commission with PennDOT, Lawmakers Say

Group of GOP lawmakers call for abolishing PA Turnpike citing scandal, redundancy.

By Melissa Daniels/Pa Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania has two transportation agencies. One controls more than 40,000 miles of state roads and 25,000 bridges, and another maintains 545 miles of tolled highway. The former has seven executives, one for every 5,857 miles of roadway; the latter nine executives, one for every 60 miles of roadway. For a group of Republican lawmakers, this doesn’t add up, especially when one of those agencies was the subject of a 44-month long grand jury investigation over alleged bid-rigging. Standing alongside a dozen other GOP lawmakers, Rep. Donna Oberlander, R-Clarion, introduced legislation Wednesday to abolish the “corruption-infested” Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and fold the route’s operation …

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

This Week in Road Projects

'Rolling' Route 33 Work May Cause Delays [Rescheduled]

Route 33 commuters should expect slow-moving vehicles, possible lane restrictions and rolling traffic stoppages on Thursday, according to PennDOT.

Route 33 commuters should expect slow-moving vehicles and possible lane restrictions on Thursday, according to PennDOT. The work was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but equipment issues forced the postponement. Crews from PPL Electric Utilities will be working from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between the Route 512 (Wind Gap) and Belfast exits in Bushkill and Plainfield townships. There may also be rolling traffic stoppages, PennDOT says. Motorists are asked to use caution when driving through the area.

Saturday, April 13, 2013

This Week in Road Projects

Road Work for the Week of April 15

PennDOT crews will tackle projects on Route 22, Bushkill Center Road, Hecktown Road, Country Club Road, Penn Allen Road and Tatamy Road.

Make your commute a little easier by avoiding the following road work this week:

Saturday, April 6, 2013

This Week in Road Projects

Road Work for the Week of April 8

PennDOT crews will tackle projects and bridge inspections on Newburg Road and on Routes 33, 946 and 248.

Make your commute a little easier by avoiding the following road work this week:

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