Results tagged “stimulus project” from Road Runner

Hempt Bros. Inc. of Camp Hill with $2.8 million, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

A total of five companies bid on the project, which is being paid for with stimulus funds. Here are the bids:

Hempt Bros. Inc. of Camp Hill: $2.8 million

J.D. Eckman Inc. of Atglen: $2.9 million

Valley Quarries Inc. of Chambersburg: $3 million

Kinsley Construction Inc. of York: $3.1 million

Pennsy Supply Inc. of Hummelstown: $3.2 million.

The project calls for repairing and resurfacing Route 15 between Golf Course Road and the Cumberland County line.

A stimulus project is starting on Interstate 83 across the state line.

Crews will resurface three miles along northbound and southbound I-83 from just south of Downes Road to the state line, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation's State Highway Administration.

Drivers should expect periodic lane closures between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday for the mainline work.

The project also involves resufacing several interchange ramps: two at Freeland Road, four at the Maryland 439/Old York Road, four at Maryland 45/York Road, one at Middletown Road and four at Maryland 137/Mt. Carmel Road.

Drivers may see restrictions on the ramps between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday.

The administration awarded the $3.9 million contract to P. Flanigan and Sons Inc. of Baltimore.

Crews will rehabilitate Rabbittransit's parking lot next month with $350,000 in federal stimulus funds, executive director Richard Farr said.

The upgraded parking lot will include concrete where the buses park and an oil and water separator as the agency continues to go green.

The remainder of Rabbittransit's stimulus money -- nearly $2.8 million -- will be swapped with another transit agency for future use as Rabbittransit searches for a new home. That will take several years, Farr said.

I took a drive Wednesday evening to see how traffic is flowing through the work zone on Route 30 in the eastern part of the county. The stimulus project involves repairing and resurfacing the road between the Hallam exit and the Susquehanna River.

Only a section of the westbound side was reduced to a single lane, and it seemed like traffic was moving smoothly. I even saw gaps between the vehicles. We thought that traffic might be backed up even after rush hour. It seems like Route 30 is busy all the time.

So is it always like this? I was out there around 8:30 p.m., and I'm wondering if what I saw is typical.

Vice President Joe Biden will kick off his "Road to Recovery" tour Thursday in Carlisle, Pa., according to a news release from the White House.

He'll attend the groundbreaking for the Route 34 bridge. Governor Ed Rendell, Senator Arlen Specter and local officials will be present.

The vice president first toured the bridge in February, one week before the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed.

Biden will be traveling to communities across the country to highlight how the stimulus funds are creating jobs and improving the nation's infrastructure.

After his stop in Carlisle, the vice president will go to Overland Park, Kansas for the groundbreaking of the US Highway 69 project.

York County's first transportation-related stimulus project starts next week on Route 30. Crews will be repairing and paving the road between the Hellam exit and the Susquehanna River.

If you drive Route 30 in the eastern section of York County, you'll see construction work starting in about a week.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation awarded a $3.2 million contract to J.D. Eckman Inc. of Chester County to resurface five miles of Route 30 between the Hellam exit and the Susquehanna River.

It's one of the stimulus projects that has been approved for York County.

The work will involve concrete patching, removal of the top layer of asphalt, resurfacing the road and installing guiderail and pavement markings.

The project should be completed by the end of October, according to PennDOT.