From staff reports
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said several highway and bridge projects are on the agenda for the northwest region over the next several months.
PennDOT said 75 projects covering the District 1 region – which includes Crawford, Erie, Forest, Mercer, Venango, and Warren counties – will cost more than $185 million.
PennDOT District 1 Executive William G. Petit said work in the northwest region this year will include paving approximately 160 miles of roads and replacing or rehabilitating 49 bridges.
In addition to the planned capital projects, county maintenance employees in the northwest will resurface 58 miles of lower-traffic roads with Recycled Asphalt Pavement this year, Petit said.
Among the notable projects outlined by PennDOT on Thursday include an eight-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in Venango County, which will be resurfaced at a cost of $9.8 million, and the rehabilitation of an existing wall along 1.26 miles of Route 8 and 62 south of Oil City in Sugarcreek Borough. This work is expected to cost $4.2 million.
