Signal lights activated as part of $7.5 million Riverview Walkway project

LOCKPORT, PA – Recently installed traffic lights coming off the Lockport side of the Veterans Bridge were activated on Wednesday afternoon. The contractor, Clearwater Construction, Inc. of Mercer resumed work last month on a $7.5 million Riverview Walkway project in Woodward Township.

A crew on Wednesday installed the last of road dividers along a stretch of the Farrandsville Road from Riverview Park to the bridge intersection to the east. 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.

A long-term lane closure with traffic signals has gone into effect. The signals had been in “flash” mode for a period of time but now are active and enforcing an alternating traffic pattern through the work zone.

The contractor in late March altered the traffic pattern on West River Drive. 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 is 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.

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.

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. The walkway path is to be eight feet wide. Work began in late 2022 and will carry into 2024.