MERCER COUNTY, Pa. — A project to give motorists a smoother ride on Route 173 and Route 208 in Grove City Borough and Pine Township, Mercer County, is scheduled to start June 18.

The project includes Route 173 (North Broad Street) from the intersection with Route 58 to the intersection with Cranberry Road (SR 2007), and Route 208 from the intersection with Route 173 to the intersection with Riverside Avenue. The project includes a total of 1.4 miles of roadway.

Work will include milling, asphalt paving, and upgraded curb ramps, sidewalks and shoulders, along with updated drainage, signs, and pavement markings.

The contractor is Shields Asphalt Paving, Inc. of Valenica, PA.  The contract cost is $1,141,519.58, which is to be paid entirely with state funds.

This project is made possible by Act 89, Pennsylvania’s transportation funding plan.

Work is scheduled to start June 18, 2018, and is expected to be completed by September 21, 2018.

No detours are anticipated with the project, but motorists may encounter traffic controlled by flaggers.

PennDOT urges motorists to slow down when driving in work zones, and also to be alert to changing conditions, avoid distractions and to pay attention to signs and flaggers. Drive responsibly in work zones for your safety and the safety of the workers.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan (Act 89), or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

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