Work on $7.5 million Riverview Walkway project resumes Monday
LOCKPORT, PA – PennDOT has announced additional details on the Monday resumption of work on the $7.5 million Riverview Walkway project in Woodward Township. Improvement work will continue into 2024. As noted by PennDOT, the project goals are to provide safe pedestrian access to Riverview Park from the Veteran’s Bridge and to make drainage improvements to enhance safety for the motoring public.
Flaggers in the roadway will provide traffic control until late March while crews complete temporary drainage upgrades. Flagging will occur during daylight hours. One lane will remain open to traffic throughout each workday.
Once these upgrades are complete, the contractor will implement a long-term lane closure and install temporary traffic signals. The signals will stay in “flash” mode for a period of one week before becoming active and enforcing an alternating traffic pattern through the work zone.
The contractor will also alter the traffic pattern on West River Drive in late March. Under the new configuration, traffic will continue northbound on Farrandsville Road and turn onto West River Drive at the western intersection instead of the eastern one, which will be closed due to construction. West River Drive will also change from one-way to two-way traffic for the project duration, and drivers will utilize a turnaround at the eastern intersection so they can leave the same way they came in. PennDOT will update drivers and provide a map before the contractor implements this change.
Work this year also includes building a temporary causeway on the Susquehanna riverbank to serve as a work platform to build an 800-foot retaining wall. Navigational aids will be placed in the river to denote a safe distance from construction activities to boaters. Work on the wall is set to begin in April.
Overall work on this project includes utility relocations, drainage improvements, piping and inlets, building a retaining wall, sidewalks, curbing, ornamental light poles, guide rail, paving, pavement markings, and miscellaneous items. Clearwater Construction, Inc. of Mercer, PA, is the contractor on this $7.5 million job, which will carry into 2024. All work is weather dependent.
