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Route 491 being cleared for utilities
Road Watch for April 11…(View our Road Rant Video)
Daytime lane restrictions are scheduled on Naamans Creek Road (Route 491) between U.S. Route 202 and the Delaware state line in Concord, Bethel, Upper Chichester and Lower Chichester from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays for tree clearing and utility relocation.
The work is being done in advance of PennDOT’s $9.8 million project to reconstruct, mill and pave Route 491 between the Delaware state line and Route 202, a distance of 5.5 miles.
The project also calls for drainage, signing, pavement marking, driveway, sight distance and turn radius improvements. Road shoulders will also be stabilized.
PennDOT’s improvement project will be completed in two phases with separate detours. Under phase one, Route 491 through traffic will be detoured over Route 261, Delaware Route 92 (Naamans Road) and Route 202.
During phase two, traffic will be detoured over Route 261 and Delaware Route 92.
The detours are expected to take effect in spring 2011 and spring 2012, respectively.
Road Rant of the Week
This week’s Road Rant focuses on the need for signs or additional signs along hazardous curves on the county’s roads.
For example, in Haverford, one of the most dangerous/busiest bends in the road is located along Lawrence Road going south towards Ellis Road – where a stop sign is located – before reaching West Chester Pike (Route 3) further down. Although there is a curve-arrow sign and 30 mph designation on the right just before Marilyn Drive, it’s a good way from Ellis Road and may be disregarded.
There also should be chevron signs – with black v-shaped lines – closer to the intersection of Ellis Road, to alert approaching motorists.
One morning recently I couldn’t believe all the vehicles doing well over the 30 mph speed limit as they approached the curve and a near miss involving a car pulling out from the stop sign and vehicles going in opposite directions on Lawrence Road. Too bad I didn’t have the video set up in time as I was exiting my vehicle.
I’ve seen curves on local roads that aren’t as bad as the Lawrence Road curve, which have three or more chevron warning signs. It’s about time Lawrence Road got more curve-warning signs. It’s a major link to the nearby Blue Route (I-476).
In the future, I’ll track down one of my most favorite practical signs in Montgomery County that’s rare in Delco and needed here.
Keep those e-mails coming on your least favorite traffic spot or hazardous condition. I’ll try to get to them as soon as I can. Don’t forget to check out my latest video on the Road Watch blog.
Commuter’s Choice
SEPTA has kicked off its Commuter’s Choice Campaign with a series of events around Philadelphia promoting the program’s benefits for commuters.
Commuter’s Choice offers four programs for employers who want to provide transit discounts for their workers. The programs include ComPass, TransitChek, Wage Works and WiredCommute.
Federal Tax Code 132F now allows for employees to receive double the savings as a tax-free benefit. Employers can help their staff members get to work on SEPTA stress-free with more money in their pockets.
The events are being held in front of various business sites during lunch time to promote to area awareness about the program. A SEPTA hybrid bus fully wrapped in a Commuter Choice Ad showcasing the many perks of the program will be on site at each event.
The events 11:30-1:30 p.m. will be at the following locations: The Shops at Liberty Place, 16th and Chestnut streets, on April 14; Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Filbert streets, on April 20; and University City, 36th and Chestnut streets, on April 28.
A special raffle will highlight each event, providing commuters with the opportunity to win Phillies tickets and a $15 I-tunes download gift card. SEPTA employees will also be on hand to hand out Commuter’s Choice Program brochures, giveaways and refreshments.
For more information, visit www.TheCommuterChoice.com.
I-95 Weeding
Lane restrictions are scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on I-95 North/South between Philadelphia and the Delaware state line in Upland, Eddystone, Ridley Park, Tinicum, Upper Chichester, Lower Chichester and Chester for a moving weed control operation.
Also, on the same days and times, a lane closure is scheduled 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on I-95 North/South between the Bucks County and Delaware County lines in Philadelphia.
DVRPC Grants
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission recently announced the following Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation and Community Development Initiative Grants.
Marcus Hook will receive $50,000 for its Transit Revitalization Investment District. The borough will undertake several tasks to complete the TRID three-phase process. The borough will continue with outreach to stakeholders, DVRPC said.
Millbourne will also receive $50,000 for its Station Area TOD Planning. These funds will provide the borough money to create a TOD plan highlighting bicycle and pedestrian links, an official map and market research to create an overlay zone near the train station.
Traffic Delays
Chester – I-95 North, core boring with the right lane closed between U.S. Route 322 and I-476 (Blue Route), 9 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights.
Tinicum – Route 420 East, right lane closed between I-95 and Route 291 for core boring, 9 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights.
Ridley Township – I-95 North, core boring, left lane closed between I-476 and Route 420, 9 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights.
Chester Heights – Stoneybank Road, road widening with restrictions between Baltimore Pike and Great Oak Drive 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through April 30.
Radnor — Goshen Road, road work costing $1.3 million, closed/detoured 24 hours daily between Darby-Paoli Road and Hunt Road 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.
Radnor — Radnor-Chester Road, Aqua utility installation, closed/detoured between Lancaster Avenue and Conestoga Road 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through June 29.
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 September 2009.
Ridley Township — Route 13, bridge replacement with lane restrictions between Morton Avenue and Acres Drive 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through April 16.
U.S. Route 1 (Baltimore Pike) — Middletown and Chester Township, bridge replacement between Darlington and Station roads, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011; work began October 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 appears Sundays. Only messages and mail with phone numbers will be considered. E-mail: jroman@delcotimes.com.
Daytime lane restrictions are scheduled on Naamans Creek Road (Route 491) between U.S. Route 202 and the Delaware state line in Concord, Bethel, Upper Chichester and Lower Chichester from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays for tree clearing and utility relocation.
The work is being done in advance of PennDOT’s $9.8 million project to reconstruct, mill and pave Route 491 between the Delaware state line and Route 202, a distance of 5.5 miles.
The project also calls for drainage, signing, pavement marking, driveway, sight distance and turn radius improvements. Road shoulders will also be stabilized.
PennDOT’s improvement project will be completed in two phases with separate detours. Under phase one, Route 491 through traffic will be detoured over Route 261, Delaware Route 92 (Naamans Road) and Route 202.
During phase two, traffic will be detoured over Route 261 and Delaware Route 92.
The detours are expected to take effect in spring 2011 and spring 2012, respectively.
Road Rant of the Week
This week’s Road Rant focuses on the need for signs or additional signs along hazardous curves on the county’s roads.
For example, in Haverford, one of the most dangerous/busiest bends in the road is located along Lawrence Road going south towards Ellis Road – where a stop sign is located – before reaching West Chester Pike (Route 3) further down. Although there is a curve-arrow sign and 30 mph designation on the right just before Marilyn Drive, it’s a good way from Ellis Road and may be disregarded.
There also should be chevron signs – with black v-shaped lines – closer to the intersection of Ellis Road, to alert approaching motorists.
One morning recently I couldn’t believe all the vehicles doing well over the 30 mph speed limit as they approached the curve and a near miss involving a car pulling out from the stop sign and vehicles going in opposite directions on Lawrence Road. Too bad I didn’t have the video set up in time as I was exiting my vehicle.
I’ve seen curves on local roads that aren’t as bad as the Lawrence Road curve, which have three or more chevron warning signs. It’s about time Lawrence Road got more curve-warning signs. It’s a major link to the nearby Blue Route (I-476).
In the future, I’ll track down one of my most favorite practical signs in Montgomery County that’s rare in Delco and needed here.
Keep those e-mails coming on your least favorite traffic spot or hazardous condition. I’ll try to get to them as soon as I can. Don’t forget to check out my latest video on the Road Watch blog.
Commuter’s Choice
SEPTA has kicked off its Commuter’s Choice Campaign with a series of events around Philadelphia promoting the program’s benefits for commuters.
Commuter’s Choice offers four programs for employers who want to provide transit discounts for their workers. The programs include ComPass, TransitChek, Wage Works and WiredCommute.
Federal Tax Code 132F now allows for employees to receive double the savings as a tax-free benefit. Employers can help their staff members get to work on SEPTA stress-free with more money in their pockets.
The events are being held in front of various business sites during lunch time to promote to area awareness about the program. A SEPTA hybrid bus fully wrapped in a Commuter Choice Ad showcasing the many perks of the program will be on site at each event.
The events 11:30-1:30 p.m. will be at the following locations: The Shops at Liberty Place, 16th and Chestnut streets, on April 14; Reading Terminal Market, 12th and Filbert streets, on April 20; and University City, 36th and Chestnut streets, on April 28.
A special raffle will highlight each event, providing commuters with the opportunity to win Phillies tickets and a $15 I-tunes download gift card. SEPTA employees will also be on hand to hand out Commuter’s Choice Program brochures, giveaways and refreshments.
For more information, visit www.TheCommuterChoice.com.
I-95 Weeding
Lane restrictions are scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on I-95 North/South between Philadelphia and the Delaware state line in Upland, Eddystone, Ridley Park, Tinicum, Upper Chichester, Lower Chichester and Chester for a moving weed control operation.
Also, on the same days and times, a lane closure is scheduled 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on I-95 North/South between the Bucks County and Delaware County lines in Philadelphia.
DVRPC Grants
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission recently announced the following Fiscal Year 2010 Transportation and Community Development Initiative Grants.
Marcus Hook will receive $50,000 for its Transit Revitalization Investment District. The borough will undertake several tasks to complete the TRID three-phase process. The borough will continue with outreach to stakeholders, DVRPC said.
Millbourne will also receive $50,000 for its Station Area TOD Planning. These funds will provide the borough money to create a TOD plan highlighting bicycle and pedestrian links, an official map and market research to create an overlay zone near the train station.
Traffic Delays
Chester – I-95 North, core boring with the right lane closed between U.S. Route 322 and I-476 (Blue Route), 9 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights.
Tinicum – Route 420 East, right lane closed between I-95 and Route 291 for core boring, 9 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights.
Ridley Township – I-95 North, core boring, left lane closed between I-476 and Route 420, 9 p.m.-5 a.m. weeknights.
Chester Heights – Stoneybank Road, road widening with restrictions between Baltimore Pike and Great Oak Drive 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through April 30.
Radnor — Goshen Road, road work costing $1.3 million, closed/detoured 24 hours daily between Darby-Paoli Road and Hunt Road 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.
Radnor — Radnor-Chester Road, Aqua utility installation, closed/detoured between Lancaster Avenue and Conestoga Road 9 a.m.-3 p.m. weekdays through June 29.
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 September 2009.
Ridley Township — Route 13, bridge replacement with lane restrictions between Morton Avenue and Acres Drive 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through April 16.
U.S. Route 1 (Baltimore Pike) — Middletown and Chester Township, bridge replacement between Darlington and Station roads, 24-hour restrictions through June 2011; work began October 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 appears Sundays. Only messages and mail with phone numbers will be considered. E-mail: jroman@delcotimes.com.
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