​Montoursville, PA – Motorists are advised that Route 1004 (Southard Road) will be closed between Route 1003 (Wallis Run Road) and Rose Valley Road in Gamble Township, Lycoming County for a pipe replacement project. 

On Wednesday, June 2, between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., a portion of Southard Road will be closed while a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) maintenance crew replaces deteriorating pipes. A detour using local roads will in in place.

Motorists should be alert, expect delays in travel, slow down, and watch for stopped or slow-moving vehicles.

Work on this project will be 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 jobsite, and relevant training.

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 Tioga, Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Union, Snyder, Northumberland, Montour and Columbia counties at www.penndot.gov/District3. 

Information about infrastructure in District 3 including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D3Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov. 

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNews and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot/. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Baker, 570-368-4202 or magbaker@pa.gov 

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