PennDOT's Westmoreland County Maintenance Update – Week of October 21, 2024

​Uniontown, PA - Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Westmoreland County Maintenance Manager Dave Forkey has announced the following tentative work plan for the week of October 21. All maintenance activities depend on weather and operations.

Motorists can anticipate detours, flaggers, moving operations, and/or single-lane restrictions. Please drive cautiously through all work areas and be alert for signed work zones requiring headlights. Safety is everyone's responsibility.

Box repair:

• Route 819 (Diamond Street) in Mount Pleasant Township

Box culvert replacement:

• Route 4089 (Hulton Road) in Allegheny Township
• • Road closed. Posted detour:
  • • Route 4089 (Hulton Road)
    • Route 4073 (White Cloud Road)
    • Route 404 (Melwood Road)

Ditch channel cleaning:

• Route 711 in Fairfield Township
• Route 2043 (Linn Run Road/Darlington Rector Road) in Fairfield Township

Crack sealing:

• Route 3091 (New Stanton-Youngwood Road) in New Stanton

Delineators:

• Route 2016 (Youngstown Ridge Road) in Unity Township

Edge paving:

• Route 3093 (Old Stanton Road/Center Avenue) in Hempfield Township

Pipe flushing:

• Route 30 in Ligonier Township

Patching:

• Route 4026 (Melon Road) in Murrysville Borough
• Route 1033 (State Park Road) in Derry Township
• Route 2025 (Ankney Hill Road) in Mount Pleasant Township
  
• Various routes countywide
  

Pipe installation:

• Route 1065 (Nelson Road) in Bell Township

Shoulder repairs:

• Route 56 in the City of New Kensington

Shoulder stabilization:

• Route 711 in Cook Township

Slab repair:

• Route 3013 (Vance Dei Cas Highway) in Rostraver Township

Slide repair:

• Route 1022 (Latrobe Crabtree Road) in Unity Township

Sweeping:

• Route 119 (Connellsville-New Stanton Road) in various townships
• Various routes countywide

Crews will pick litter, replace downed and update signs, and address work orders on various state routes countywide.

PennDOT has a toll-free number-1-800-FIX-ROAD (1-800-349-7623)-for residents to report road maintenance concerns and the locations of dead deer on state highways.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, 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 following regional X alerts.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/district12.

Information about infrastructure in District 12, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D12Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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MEDIA CONTACT: Laina Aquiline, [email protected] or 724-415-3748​

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