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PennDOT said Friday that motorists should expect delays on Church View Road between Limeport Pike and Hoffman Lane in Lower Milford Township between Monday, April 15 and Friday, April 19.
PennDOT said Thursday that area motorists should expect to encounter “significant delays” on I-78 in Lower Saucon Township over the next week for nighttime road work that will be taking place beginning Friday.
PennDOT said Friday that motorists who travel Main Street in Coopersburg borough should expect delays beginning March 11 and continuing through May 17 for road work related to a UGI gas line project.
Traffic in and out of Hellertown this summer is likely to be a bit trickier than usual, with one of the main routes on the borough’s western border shut down to a bridge replacement project.
Motorists who travel I-78 West between the Rt. 33 and Rt. 412 (Hellertown) exits in Lower Saucon Township this weekend can expect to encounter what PennDOT called ‘significant’ delays for bridge dam repairs.
At their most recent meeting Nov. 21, Lower Saucon Township council praised its public works department for its efforts after a record-breaking early snowstorm dropped eight inches of snow across the Lehigh Valley on Nov. 15.
Instead of a five-hour closure for the removal of debris from underneath the Water Street Bridge, motorists will now have to deal with daily closures from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the remainder of this week.
The Lower Saucon Township Police Department announced Sunday morning that the Water Street Bridge has reopened following an inspection by PennDOT officials.
Motorists should expect delays today on Rt. 309 north in Coopersburg borough as a UGI contractor performs utility work between East Station Avenue and Hilltop Road/Springfield Street.
The Hellertown-Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce held a roundtable with local officials and small business owners Sept. 10 at Hellertown Borough Hall to discuss the state of bridges and transportation in the two municipalities.
