Brace yourselves for a week of construction-induced traffic woes in Lower Pottsgrove Township. PennDOT has rolled out the orange barrels to herald the start of an extensive $83.6 million project to revamp a 2.1-mile stretch of U.S. 422, Sanatoga Road, and Porter Road. As outlined in a recent PennDOT announcement, per the Pennsylvania government website, this endeavor encompasses bridge replacements and expressway enhancements.
For those plying these routes, the word is to expect delays. Traffic on westbound U.S. 422 will face intermittent single lane closures from Evergreen Road to Armand Hammer Boulevard starting early Monday, January 13, and persisting through Tuesday, January 14, between the inconvenient hours of 4:00 AM and 2:00 PM, according to the same PennDOT release. A similar pinch will hit the eastbound lanes over the same two days, but in a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM window.
If that wasn't enough, the reconstruction groove moves to Sanatoga Road and Porter Road from Monday, January 13 through Friday, January 17, where single lane closures are forewarned along with 15-minute full traffic halts between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM. And just when you thought all lanes are clear, controlled blasting will bring further disruptions on U.S. 422 on January 15 through January 17, with the right lane out of commission intermittently for 15-minute stretches at a time.
