Highway Restoration Project on Route 219 Starts Monday

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that work on a highway restoration project along Route 219 near Falls Creek is set to get underway on Monday, April 27. This project will improve the ride quality and extend the service life of approximately four miles of roadway, starting approximately a quarter mile south of Route 830 (Slab Run Road) in Sandy Township, Clearfield County, and continuing northbound into Washington Township, Jefferson County.

Starting Monday, the contractor will begin milling and paving operations. Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control during daylight hours. Drivers should expect delays when traveling through the work zone. While PennDOT does not expect the delays to be significant, drivers may consider using the DuBois-Penfield interchange as an alternative to the Brockway-DuBois interchange during this work, if they wish.

Some of the work under this contract will be completed overnight and PennDOT will issue an update before the overnight work begins.

Work to be completed under this contract includes milling and paving, drainage improvements, line painting, and miscellaneous construction. Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. of State College, PA, is the contractor for this $2.1 million project. PennDOT anticipates project completion early in June, but all construction schedules are subject to change due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

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