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A significant road repair project is about to begin on a heavily-traveled section of Rt. 22 in Northampton County, and officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation say it will affect traffic along the corridor through the fall.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) said Friday that expiration dates for driver licenses, identification cards, learner’s permits, persons with disability placards, vehicle registrations and safety and emission inspections are being extended for Pennsylvania residents in response to statewide COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
If you regularly travel the section of Lower Saucon Road between Apple Street and Alpine Drive, the amount of time it takes to reach your destination will likely be greater beginning Friday.
If you have had safety concerns driving through the intersection of Chestnut Hill and Beverly Hills roads in Upper Saucon Township, officials have heard them and are taking action.
Going left? If you’re northbound at the intersection of Main and Walnut streets in Hellertown turning left–or west–just got easier, thanks to the installation of a left turn arrow last week.
A Coopersburg Borough Council meeting earlier this month was an opportunity to shine a light on an issue that’s had some residents seeing red. Infrastructure committee member, councilman Paul Dietz, brought up the matter of overly bright pedestrian lighting on East Station Avenue at the Feb. 18 meeting.
After concerns were raised about increased traffic volume that was expected to congest the intersection of Main and Walnut streets in Hellertown during the Water Street Bridge project earlier this year, PennDOT conducted a traffic study at the intersection this fall.
Residents frustrated by the lack of progress on a bridge replacement project on Blue Church Road in Upper Saucon Township received an update from on it from township officials Monday night, although the news probably wasn’t music to anyone’s ears.
Borough junior councilman Noah Kates’ ambitious highway beautification effort known as the Hellertown Tree Project entered its final phase Wednesday with the planting of dozens of young trees in the grassy median between I-78 and the highway’s westbound exit ramp to Rt. 412.
Just a couple of days past an estimated completion date established when the project began, the new Water Street Bridge in Hellertown opened to traffic at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
