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The Lehigh Valley is expected to be on the northwestern fringe of a major winter storm weather forecasters believe will blow up along the Eastern seaboard Friday night, but locally, travel conditions may still be hazardous.
It will be harder for some Lehigh Valley residents who depend on the Lehigh & Northampton Transportation Authority’s (LANTA’s) bus service to get around the area Monday, after LANTA announced the cancellation of some Jan. 3 trips on its routes due to what it said is “a high level of absences among bus drivers due to COVID 19.”
Motorists who’ve been hoping for a quick end to gas main work on Rt. 378 in Bethlehem and Lower Saucon Townshp that has been ongoing for months will likely be disappointed to learn that the project won’t be completed until sometime next spring.
Motorists who drive on Colesville Road in Lower Saucon Township are being alerted to an upcoming project that will disrupt traffic in the area on Tuesday, Nov. 9 from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
If you regularly travel Old Bethlehem Road in Springfield Township, you may need to use a detour for some time. Springfield Township Police announced Tuesday that a portion of the two-lane road “will be closed for an extended length of time due to storm water damage.”
A heavily-traveled section of Rt. 611 in Northampton and Bucks counties has been closed due to damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, PennDOT announced Friday.
A historic storm that dumped as much as 7 inches of rain on parts of the area Wednesday left sunny skies, cooler temperatures and plenty of debris to clean up in its wake, but the general consensus among residents seemed to be that it “could have been worse.”
Inspection of the I-78 overpass spans on Rt. 412 along the Hellertown-Bethlehem border will cause delays to traffic in that area this week, PennDOT said in a news release Friday.
Motorists who regularly use Rt. 378/Wyandotte Street, particularly during the overnight hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., should be prepared for potential disruptions to their travel schedule in parts of Bethlehem and Lower Saucon Township over the next few weeks.
A late Sunday afternoon crash on Broadway in Fountain Hill left a utility pole leaning precariously into the street and the vehicle that struck it significantly damaged.
A woman who appeared to be upset following her attempt to board a LANTA bus in Fountain Hill obstructed bus service along Broadway by walking in front of the bus in the road’s eastbound lane Thursday afternoon.
