HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Engineering District 8 region, which includes Franklin County, marked the completion of numerous projects this week.
Projects include in Franklin County, the Route 997 resurfacing project, costing $2.1 million. Throughout the district, there were 27 bridge repair projects and the paving 171 roadway miles. The district covers, in addition to Franklin County, Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties.
Statewide from January through October, 5,385 roadway miles were improved, including 1,941 miles of paving. In the same timeframe, work advanced on 401 state and locally owned bridges. Additionally, 356 construction contracts for highway, bridge, and other improvement projects were completed statewide through PennDOT’s private-sector partners so far this year.
Much of this has come from the $300 million in new federal infrastructure funding to maintain Pennsylvania’s roads and bridges. State officials said the federal money reduces the Pennsylvania State Police’s reliance on the Motor License Fund, delivering more funding for transportation while ensuring law enforcement officers are sustainably funded.
In the south-central region, 69 projects with a contract value of $445.1 million are currently active. A total of 66 projects, including eight District 8 projects, were or will be let in 2024 with the low or estimated bid value of $185 million.
Also, throughout District 8, cable median barrier and guiderail projects were undertaken at various locations along Route 30, I-81 and Route 222 in Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties, at a cost of $5.2 million.
The District 8 work, in addition, included a pedestrian signaling safety project along various routes in municipalities in Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster and York counties, at a cost of $3.2 million.
