Lewistown, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is issuing an update on its Route 22 paving project in Mifflin County. This project will improve ride quality and extend the useful life of more than five miles of roadway in Derry and Granville Townships as well as Lewistown Borough.

Work on this project will be done in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidance as well as a project-specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social distancing, use of face coverings, personal and job site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the job site and relevant training.

On Wednesday, July 22, the contractor will be setting up traffic control to close the left (passing) lane on Route 22 near the exit for Business Route 22. There will be rolling slowdowns while this shift in traffic pattern is implemented. Once the shift is complete, the contractor will begin saw cutting concrete patches, cleaning and sealing concrete pavement joints for a two-and-half mile stretch in the eastbound and westbound lanes. Motorists are urged to stay alert for workers and for construction vehicles entering or exiting the work zone.

No work is scheduled on the ramps at the Industrial Park interchange for the week of July 20, however the contractor will be returning to that location at a future date.

This is the first of several sections on Route 22 that will see work as part of this project. The entire work zone will stretch from the Caldwell Hill Road intersection to the Walnut Street exit on Route 322. A small section of Route 322 will also see work as part of this project. PennDOT will issue updates on this project as the work shifts locations.

Overall work consists of milling, paving, concrete pavement patching, pavement marking, and miscellaneous construction. Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. of State College is the contractor on this $3.7 million project, which PennDOT anticipates completing by mid-October. All work is weather and schedule dependent.

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