Roads scholar: The Markley St./Rt. 202 edition
A new traffic pattern began Tuesday night on Markley Street in Norristown, as part of the five-year, $20.8 million road improvement project.
The rerouted traffic on Markley Street may be a pain, but at least by now it's a familiar pain for those who navigate the multiyear, $20.8 road-improvements project. But, just when you thought you knew the orange barreled boundaries of shifting lanes, along comes a new traffic pattern.
It began Tuesday night for southbound travelers on Markley Street in Norristown. Let's let the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation describe the change:
"The single lane of southbound Markley Street traffic will be shifted over to the newly rebuilt west side of the street between Fornance Street and Harding Boulevard.
"Following the traffic pattern shift, crews will excavate the old pavement and install a new water main on the east side between Fornance Street and Lincoln Avenue. The water main installation will be followed later this summer and fall by complete pavement and sidewalk reconstruction on the east side of Markley Street."
The work is part of a project to improve Markley Street-U.S. 202 South, Johnson Highway and Main Street in Norristown and East Norriton. It began last year and is expected to be finished in 2018. One of its objectives: to improve access to Norristown, the seat of Montgomery County.
PennDot warns drivers that they also could "encounter flagger-controlled lane closures and short-term closures of intersecting streets on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and during occasional weekend operations."
To keep tabs on the Markley Street/U.S. Route 202 project, go online to the project's website.