RSS
Area bridges hit with restrictions
For July 18 – Road Watch
Motorists who have to use area bridges for commuting to work or going on vacation will face a number of traffic restrictions this week – so be forewarned.
The Ben Franklin Bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic today from 7:15-8:30 a.m. for the 23rd annual Irish Pub Tour de Shore cycling event benefiting police and fire related charities, the Delaware River Port Authority reported.
Also, the Franklin Bridge will also have the following restrictions this week.
Monday, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., the two right westbound lanes will be closed for construction and scheduled inspections.
Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., the two right eastbound lanes will be closed for construction and scheduled inspections.
Friday-July 26, beginning at 8 p.m. Friday and ending at 5 a.m. July 26, there will be various lane closings for asphalt repairs.
On noon Friday, a festival is scheduled for the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J.
Drivers leaving the event should consider using the Walt Whitman Bridge as an alternate because construction is scheduled for the westbound Ben Franklin Bridge at 8 p.m. Friday, according to the Delaware River Port Authority.
Whitman Bridge
The following traffic restrictions are scheduled on the Walt Whitman Bridge this week.
Monday-Thursday, between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., the right westbound lane will be closed for construction.
On Friday, between 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., the right-hand lane of the ramp connecting Penrose Avenue with the eastbound bridge will be closed for sound barrier inspection.
Monday-Friday, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., construction will close lanes of the ramp connecting the eastbound bridge with the freeway and the ramp connecting the bridge eastbound with the Black Horse Pike.
Wednesday-Friday, 9 p.m.-5 a.m., the lanes of the ramp connecting the freeway with the bridge westbound will be closed for strip seal replacement.
Betsy Ross Bridge
On Monday, 9 a.m.-noon, the right lane of eastbound Route 90, east of the toll plaza will be closed.
Also, Monday, noon-2 p.m., the right lane of westbound Route 90, east of the toll plaza will be closed.
Tuesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., the left lane of eastbound Route 90, east of the toll plaza will be closed.
Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, the right lane of the ramp connecting Route 90 with Route 130 North will be closed.
Friday, noon-2 p.m., the left lane of the ramp connecting Route 90 with Route 130 North will be closed.
Manoa Road – Haverford
Manoa Road will be closed between West Chester Pike (Route 3) and Darby Road for about a week starting Monday 7 a.m.-5 p.m. for emergency sewer work.
Local access for residents will be permitted from Darby Road to Naylors Run Road, and from West Chester Pike to Woodbine Road.
Federal Transit Grants
Two transit projects that will improve transit service and technology received nearly $9 million in Federal Transit Administration funding, but it hardly makes a dent in a $484 million public transit gap, according to Gov. Ed Rendell.
PennDOT received $5 million to update technologies which support and enhance human service, curb-to-curb transportation services to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness statewide.
Examples include acquiring paratransit scheduling and vehicle locator technology, automated telephone service, Web-based trip scheduling and real-time information access.
The grant is matched with $10 million in federal funding PennDOT receives for rural public transit and $5 million in state discretionary funding. The grant will be distributed over the next five years.
The second grant of nearly $4 million to SEPTA will go toward the cost of completely renovating the Wayne Junction Intermodal Facility, built a century ago. Overall cost is $20 million.
Pennsylvania’s Transportation Advisory Committee issued a report in May identifying $484 million in unmet public transit needs this year. The shortfall grows to more than $3 billion by 2029-30.
In addition to the two grants announced last week, PennDOT is already working with local transit agencies statewide to improve efficiencies and customer service, in Delaware County and other counties. PennDOT is helping improve management efficiencies and designing multi-tiered fare structures.
SEPTA Drops “Rs”
On July 25, SEPTA is eliminating the confusing “R” and numbers and rebranding Regional Rail using the current end destination names.
SEPTA said this change is an important, customer friendly effort to promote the use of public transit in our region and reduce the confusion and travel inconvenience our current system of duplicate R’s and line numbers creates for new riders and visitors and tourists unfamiliar with SEPTA Regional Rail.
This will not change train service – only the way we refer to individual lines on timetables, signs for cars and stations, maps, and customer announcements.
Please see the Regional Rail and Rail Transit map which reflects all of the name and rebranding changes.
We are aware that you currently use the R#s as shorthand to refer to our Regional Rail service.
Effective July 25, 2010 New Regional Rail Line Designations will be:
BULLET Airport Regional Rail Line
BULLET Media/Elwyn Regional Rail Line
BULLET Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail Line
BULLET Wilmington/Newark Regional Rail Line
BULLET Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail Line, Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail Line
BULLET Cynwyd Regional Rail Line
BULLET Fox Chase Regional Rail Line
BULLET Lansdale/Doylestown Regional Rail Line
BULLET Manayunk/Norristown Regional Rail Line
BULLET Trenton Regional Rail Line
BULLET Warminster Regional Rail Line
BULLET West Trenton Regional Rail Line
Along with the name rebranding, SEPTA is also adopting a single color designation – blue gray – for all Regional Rail Lines.
SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said, “We’ve already taken a number of small steps to reinforce our service brands – designating all of our trolley routes using green as the Line color and redesigning our transit timetables.”
U.S. Route 202
Motorists will face weeknight lane closures on Route 202 between Westtown Road and Paoli Pike interchanges in Westtown and West Goshen, Chester County, for road construction.
Traffic Delays
Radnor – Goshen Road, road work costing $1.3 million, closed/detoured 24 hours daily between Darby-Paoli and Hunt roads for roadway reconstruction and realignment to remove a sharp curve through Aug. 21. Work began March 1. Goshen Road will be detoured over Darby-Paoli Road, Bryn Mawr Avenue, Route 3, Route 252 and Goshen Road.
Concord – Baltimore Pike, bridge replacement with lane restrictions on bridge over Chester Creek 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through June 2011. Work began in September 2009.
Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1) – Middletown and Chester Heights, bridge replacement with lane restrictions between Darlington and Station roads, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011. Work began Oct. 12.
Road Watch/Road Rant appears Sundays. Only messages and mail with phone numbers will be considered. E-mail: jroman@delcotimes.com.
Motorists who have to use area bridges for commuting to work or going on vacation will face a number of traffic restrictions this week – so be forewarned.
The Ben Franklin Bridge will be closed to all vehicular traffic today from 7:15-8:30 a.m. for the 23rd annual Irish Pub Tour de Shore cycling event benefiting police and fire related charities, the Delaware River Port Authority reported.
Also, the Franklin Bridge will also have the following restrictions this week.
Monday, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., the two right westbound lanes will be closed for construction and scheduled inspections.
Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., the two right eastbound lanes will be closed for construction and scheduled inspections.
Friday-July 26, beginning at 8 p.m. Friday and ending at 5 a.m. July 26, there will be various lane closings for asphalt repairs.
On noon Friday, a festival is scheduled for the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J.
Drivers leaving the event should consider using the Walt Whitman Bridge as an alternate because construction is scheduled for the westbound Ben Franklin Bridge at 8 p.m. Friday, according to the Delaware River Port Authority.
Whitman Bridge
The following traffic restrictions are scheduled on the Walt Whitman Bridge this week.
Monday-Thursday, between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., the right westbound lane will be closed for construction.
On Friday, between 6:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., the right-hand lane of the ramp connecting Penrose Avenue with the eastbound bridge will be closed for sound barrier inspection.
Monday-Friday, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., construction will close lanes of the ramp connecting the eastbound bridge with the freeway and the ramp connecting the bridge eastbound with the Black Horse Pike.
Wednesday-Friday, 9 p.m.-5 a.m., the lanes of the ramp connecting the freeway with the bridge westbound will be closed for strip seal replacement.
Betsy Ross Bridge
On Monday, 9 a.m.-noon, the right lane of eastbound Route 90, east of the toll plaza will be closed.
Also, Monday, noon-2 p.m., the right lane of westbound Route 90, east of the toll plaza will be closed.
Tuesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., the left lane of eastbound Route 90, east of the toll plaza will be closed.
Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, the right lane of the ramp connecting Route 90 with Route 130 North will be closed.
Friday, noon-2 p.m., the left lane of the ramp connecting Route 90 with Route 130 North will be closed.
Manoa Road – Haverford
Manoa Road will be closed between West Chester Pike (Route 3) and Darby Road for about a week starting Monday 7 a.m.-5 p.m. for emergency sewer work.
Local access for residents will be permitted from Darby Road to Naylors Run Road, and from West Chester Pike to Woodbine Road.
Federal Transit Grants
Two transit projects that will improve transit service and technology received nearly $9 million in Federal Transit Administration funding, but it hardly makes a dent in a $484 million public transit gap, according to Gov. Ed Rendell.
PennDOT received $5 million to update technologies which support and enhance human service, curb-to-curb transportation services to improve efficiency and cost effectiveness statewide.
Examples include acquiring paratransit scheduling and vehicle locator technology, automated telephone service, Web-based trip scheduling and real-time information access.
The grant is matched with $10 million in federal funding PennDOT receives for rural public transit and $5 million in state discretionary funding. The grant will be distributed over the next five years.
The second grant of nearly $4 million to SEPTA will go toward the cost of completely renovating the Wayne Junction Intermodal Facility, built a century ago. Overall cost is $20 million.
Pennsylvania’s Transportation Advisory Committee issued a report in May identifying $484 million in unmet public transit needs this year. The shortfall grows to more than $3 billion by 2029-30.
In addition to the two grants announced last week, PennDOT is already working with local transit agencies statewide to improve efficiencies and customer service, in Delaware County and other counties. PennDOT is helping improve management efficiencies and designing multi-tiered fare structures.
SEPTA Drops “Rs”
On July 25, SEPTA is eliminating the confusing “R” and numbers and rebranding Regional Rail using the current end destination names.
SEPTA said this change is an important, customer friendly effort to promote the use of public transit in our region and reduce the confusion and travel inconvenience our current system of duplicate R’s and line numbers creates for new riders and visitors and tourists unfamiliar with SEPTA Regional Rail.
This will not change train service – only the way we refer to individual lines on timetables, signs for cars and stations, maps, and customer announcements.
Please see the Regional Rail and Rail Transit map which reflects all of the name and rebranding changes.
We are aware that you currently use the R#s as shorthand to refer to our Regional Rail service.
Effective July 25, 2010 New Regional Rail Line Designations will be:
BULLET Airport Regional Rail Line
BULLET Media/Elwyn Regional Rail Line
BULLET Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail Line
BULLET Wilmington/Newark Regional Rail Line
BULLET Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail Line, Chestnut Hill West Regional Rail Line
BULLET Cynwyd Regional Rail Line
BULLET Fox Chase Regional Rail Line
BULLET Lansdale/Doylestown Regional Rail Line
BULLET Manayunk/Norristown Regional Rail Line
BULLET Trenton Regional Rail Line
BULLET Warminster Regional Rail Line
BULLET West Trenton Regional Rail Line
Along with the name rebranding, SEPTA is also adopting a single color designation – blue gray – for all Regional Rail Lines.
SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said, “We’ve already taken a number of small steps to reinforce our service brands – designating all of our trolley routes using green as the Line color and redesigning our transit timetables.”
U.S. Route 202
Motorists will face weeknight lane closures on Route 202 between Westtown Road and Paoli Pike interchanges in Westtown and West Goshen, Chester County, for road construction.
Traffic Delays
Radnor – Goshen Road, road work costing $1.3 million, closed/detoured 24 hours daily between Darby-Paoli and Hunt roads for roadway reconstruction and realignment to remove a sharp curve through Aug. 21. Work began March 1. Goshen Road will be detoured over Darby-Paoli Road, Bryn Mawr Avenue, Route 3, Route 252 and Goshen Road.
Concord – Baltimore Pike, bridge replacement with lane restrictions on bridge over Chester Creek 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through June 2011. Work began in September 2009.
Baltimore Pike (U.S. Route 1) – Middletown and Chester Heights, bridge replacement with lane restrictions between Darlington and Station roads, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011. Work began Oct. 12.
Road Watch/Road Rant appears Sundays. Only messages and mail with phone numbers will be considered. E-mail: jroman@delcotimes.com.
posted by John Roman at
1:46 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home