PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect drivers in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Aug. 7 to Aug. 13. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Work schedules are subject to change.
• Lane closures with flagging are scheduled for the Conchester Highway and Chichester Avenue in Bethel and Upper Chichester townships Monday, Aug.9, through Friday, Aug.13, for geotechnical drilling. The work locations are between Featherbed Lane/Mattson Road and Creek Parkway; and Chichester Avenue between Conchester Highway and Larkin Road.
• Utility construction will cause flagging on Route 82, Union Street, at Sickle Street in Kennett Square from Aug. 9-20.
• Water main work will cause lane closures and flagging in Birmingham Township on Wylie Road, between Birmingham Road and Firethorne Drive, and on Birmingham Road between Thornbury and Wylie roads, from July 30 through Aug. 13.
• Saw cutting and concrete patching continue to cause overnight lane closures on Route 1 from Hoffman’s Mill Road to Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township through Aug. 9.
• Baltimore Pike remains closed and detoured 24/7 between Union Street and Chambers Road through the completion of a culvert replacement project scheduled for early September. Baltimore Pike motorists will be directed to use Cypress Avenue/Baltimore Pike, U.S 1 (Kennett-Oxford Bypass) North, Greenwood Road all turns, U.S. 1 (Kennett-Oxford Bypass) South, Route 41 interchange, and Route 41 (Gap Newport Pike/Pennsylvania Avenue) South. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone.
