PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Jan. 25 through Feb. 1. The department recommends that motorists allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones.
Motorists on Route 1 in both directions between Bayard Road in Kennett Township and the Maryland state line — including, New Garden, London Grove, Penn, Upper Oxford, Lower Oxford, East Nottingham and West Nottingham townships — will experience lane closures. Crews will be working from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on pothole patching.
Traffic signal installation in Kennett Square Borough will require lane closures on Cypress Street at State, Broad and Union Streets and on State Street at Broad Street. Crews are scheduled to work from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from Monday, Jan. 26, through Friday, Jan. 30. Lane restrictions are scheduled on Union Street at West State Street from 9 a.m. to 30 p.m. for utility installation from Monday, Jan. 26, through Friday, Feb. 6.
Route 202 in both directions will require intermittent lane closures between Matlack Street and the Delaware County line in West Goshen, Westtown, Thornbury, and Birmingham townships. Pothole patching is scheduled from Tuesday, Jan. 27, through Friday, Jan. 30.
Burnt Mill Road in Kennett Township is closed and detoured between Norway and Spring Mill Roads indefinitely while crews prepare for repairs to a bridge that collapsed on April 24.
Route 401 will be closed and detoured at the Route 202 interchange in East Whiteland Township on Friday, Jan. 16, and and Saturday, Jan. 17 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. for overhead bridge reconstruction, part of PennDOT’s $63.3 million widening project. Detours will be posted.
Lane restrictions will be needed on High Street at Barnard Street in West Chester Borough from Monday, Jan. 26, through Wednesday, Feb. 11. Crews are scheduled for utility installation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Route 100 (Pottstown Pike) in both directions will require a lane closure between Route 113 and Shoen Road in Uwchlan and West Whiteland Townships from Monday, Jan. 26, through Friday, Jan. 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for widening, part of the $17.4 million project to expand the highway from two lanes to three lanes in each direction. In addition, intermittent traffic stoppages will occur on Route 100 in both directions near the intersection of Ship Road/Marchwood Road on Sunday, Jan. 25, from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m. for the relocation of electric utility lines by PECO Energy.
One lane will remain closed on Interstate 95 North at the Commodore Barry Bridge for construction through July 14.
If you want to report potholes and other roadway maintenance concerns on state roads, call 1-800-FIX ROAD.
