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    SEPTA Bus-Only Lane to be Painted Red on West Market Street in Philadelphia

    July 07, 2023

    King of Prussia, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that a SEPTA red bus-only lane will be painted on West Market Street starting next week under a project to repair and resurface 44 miles of state highways in Philadelphia.

    Motorists are advised of the following travel restriction:

    Motorists should allow extra time when traveling through the work area because backups and delays may occur. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.

    PennDOT, the City of Philadelphia, and SEPTA are working together and sharing costs to paint red bus-only lanes to improve bus reliability and road safety. In 2022, PennDOT's contractor painted the first red bus-only lane on Chestnut Street between Broad Street (Route 611) and 2nd Street. Recently, a red bus-only lane was painted on East Market Street between Juniper Street and 4th Street.

    Under the entire resurfacing project, PennDOT's contractor is milling and resurfacing 14 state highways in Philadelphia using bituminous material and performing various maintenance roadway enhancements. Tony DePaul and Son, of Flourtown, Montgomery County, is the general contractor on the $10.2 million resurfacing project.

    Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

    For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.

    Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

    Subscribe to PennDOT District 6 news and traffic alerts at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.

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    Contact: Robyn Briggs, robbriggs@pa.gov

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