Update for Second Route 255 Project in Saint Marys, Week of April 1

Update for Second Route 255 Project in Saint Marys, Week of April 1

St Marys – Work to improve a northern section of Route 255 in the city of Saint Marys began in earnest this week. The project stretches from the Tractor Supply intersection to Route 120/State Street in Saint Marys. Work this year will concentrate on the section between Wendy’s Burgers and Satterlee Fueling.

Once the project completes in late summer 2014, travel along this section of Route 255 will be smoother and more efficient. PennDOT will issue regular updates on this project as work schedules and traffic impacts require.

Activity the week of April 1 will include:

• The contractor will be surveying in the center turn lane. This area will be briefly coned off while it is being surveyed.

• Contractor will be working on temporary traffic signals on Route 255 between Tractor Supply and Haller Road.

• Contractor will be installing erosion and sedimentation devices along Route 255 between Tractor Supply and Iron Run Road.

• The contractor will continue to remove trees from along Route 255 from Iron Run Road to State Street. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction to allow for the safe removal of the trees. Trees will also be removed along Route 120 from Route 255 to Rock Street. Traffic will be halted briefly in each direction periodically to allow for the safe removal of trees.

All work is weather and schedule dependent and will take place during daylight hours. Motorists are advised to watch for slow moving and stopped vehicles through the entire work zone. Motorists are advised to be cautious when traveling through the work zone and should obey the posted speed limit.

Overall work includes pavement repair, drainage improvements, addition of a right-turn lane for Route 255 northbound traffic at Vine Street, re-alignment of the Arch Street intersection, a right turn lane on Route 120 east for traffic heading south on Route 255, and other construction items. Dave Gutelius Excavating, Inc. of Mifflinburg is the contractor on this $12.8 million project.

About a one-mile section of roadway separates this project from PennDOT’s other Route 255 project that stretches from north of Greenbriar Drive to just south of the Kersey/Route 948 intersection. That work will get underway on April 1, weather permitting.