Washington Road Improvements Begin April 22

PennDOT and Lindy Paving of New Castle are hosting a public meeting to provide information on the construction schedule for the Route 19/Washington Road improvement project in Mt. Lebanon on Monday, April 15.

The meeting will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Mt. Lebanon Municipal Building, 710 Washington Road, Pittsburgh PA 15228. The meeting is open to everyone.      

The $5.56 million project includes milling and resurfacing, guiderail, minor drainage, curbs, pavement markings, signing, traffic signals, median removal, ADA ramps and other improvements on 2.55 miles of Washington Road from the intersection of Conner/Gilkeson (Route 3038) roads to Alfred Street. 

Work and improvements will also occur on Gilkeson and Connor roads in the area of the Washington Road intersection.

Overall work will conclude in early 2014.  

At the meeting, project team members will provide detailed information on construction activities and traffic impacts that will occur this year as work progresses.

Work and traffic restrictions will begin on Monday, April 22. 

Restrictions requiring lane closures and single lane traffic will occur according to the following schedule:

• Both directions - 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.;
• Northbound - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
• Southbound - 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
• Weekends - Both directions from 6 p.m. on Fridays through 6 a.m. on Mondays. 

Traffic restrictions will be coordinated to minimize impacts on commuters. No northbound (inbound) restrictions will occur between 6-9 a.m. and no southbound (outbound) restrictions will occur between 3-6 p.m. weekdays.