A violent thunderstorm struck Fountain Hill and other parts of the Lehigh Valley as the Thursday morning rush hour was taking place, leaving downed trees, wires and other damage in its wake. Numerous roads in Lower Saucon Township were temporarily closed due to damage from the storm.
A storm sewer project in Upper Saucon Township will affect local traffic beginning on or about April 22.
The 47-foot-long, 18-foot-wide Callowhill Road bridge was posted with a 34-ton weight limit when it closed in September 2021 due to damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
According to a news release from state Sen. Lisa Boscola's (D-18) office, the funding will help pay for nine projects in communities located throughout the 18th Senate District.
The crossing where the bridge previously stood has been unavailable to motorists for nearly six years due to the bridge's closure and subsequent demolition, after it was judged to be beyond repair.
A PennDOT project on I-78 in Upper Saucon Township is about to begin.
In Lower Saucon Township, officials are getting a jump start on the season famous for its abundance of orange road cones with a project that officially began on Monday.
An accident involving a tractor-trailer and a PennDOT vehicle disrupted traffic along Broadway in Fountain Hill Tuesday morning.
Only two days after a major train derailment occurred next to it, traffic is again flowing along a section of Riverside Drive in Steel City that was closed due to the accident.
The train derailed along Riverside Drive with several cars including an engine spilling sideways down an embankment into or near the Lehigh River.
