Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that its Potter County Maintenance Organization will start work to excavate and remove abandoned utility lines along Route 1003 (Loucks Mills Road) between Galeton and Ulysses boroughs in Potter County on Monday, August 25. Crews will complete this work as part of a project that includes full-depth roadway reconstruction, drainage improvements, and guide rail updates that will remove a 10-ton weight limit posting from nearly 3.5 miles of roadway.
While the crews excavate and remove the utility lines, flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours for approximately two weeks. PennDOT urges drivers to exercise caution in all work zones, obey flaggers, posted speed limit and other work zone signage, and always buckle up.
Additionally, the project's contractor will begin mobilizing equipment, installing traffic control devices, and performing drainage upgrades. In early October, the contractor will implement a detour using Routes 6, 449, 1001 (Fox Hill Road), and 1008 (Cross Road). PennDOT will issue an update before implementing the detour.
This roadway reconstruction project is the result of an Upgrade Partnership between PennDOT and Greylock Production, LLC., of Charleston, WV. Under the terms of the partnership, PennDOT and Greylock will each pay 50 percent of the $3.4 million contract. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., of State College, PA, is the contractor. PennDOT anticipates project completion in late December, but all construction schedules are tentative due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.
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Route 1003 (Loucks Mills Road) detour map