Road will be closed to through traffic; detour will be in place
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that a PennDOT maintenance crew in Dauphin County is scheduled to begin a pipe replacement project this Friday on Locust Lane (Route 3024) in Lower Paxton Township. The pipe is located between Franklin Street and Willow Road/Rawleigh Street in the township.
Weather permitting, work will begin Friday, August 18, and be completed by Friday, September 8. Locust Lane will be closed to through traffic at the pipe location.
A detour will be in place. Motorists traveling east from west of the closure should use Route 22, Progress Avenue (Route 3015), Union Deposit Road (Route 3020) and Rutherford Road (Route 3017). Those traveling west from east of the closure should use Rutherford Road, Union Deposit Road, Progress Avenue, S. 34th Street, and Route 22.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York counties at PennDOT District 8.
Information about infrastructure in District 8, including completed work and significant projects, is available at District 8 Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at PennDOT Projects.
CONTACT: Dave Thompson 717-418-5018, dmthompson@pa.gov
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