Gov. Josh Shapiro praises $1.5 billion investment that helps Montgomery County construction projects

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 6 officials highlighted many of the 74 projects expected to begin construction this year, as well as the 116 projects that will continue across the greater Philadelphia region. These investments support Governor Shapiro’s vision of a safe and reliable transportation network that connects people to opportunity and each other

“We have another highly ambitious construction season on tap this year focused on improving and modernizing our highways, bridges, and multimodal connections,” said PennDOT District 6 Executive Din Abazi. “As a reminder, motorists should use caution in work zones so workers can get home each day after completing this critical work.”

In the first two years of the Shapiro administration, 12,921 miles of roadway were improved, including 4,708 miles of paving: nearly 900 more miles of roadway improved and over 800 more miles paved than in the previous two years. Work advanced on 1,172 state and local bridges during the same timeframe, compared to 998 during the last two years. Additionally, under this administration, PennDOT and its industry partners repaired more poor-condition bridges than any other state in the nation in 2023 and improved more miles of roadway than any time in the past decade.

PennDOT District 6 will build on this momentum this year and anticipates investing more than $1.5 billion in the region, which spans Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. This investment includes rehabilitating, reconstructing, and resurfacing more than 200 miles of highways and repairing, replacing, and preserving 61 bridges, which equates to nearly 2.9 million square feet of bridge deck area.

Notable projects that are expected to go out for bid or begin construction this year in Montgomery County include:

• Route 611 Bridge Replacement, Abington Township, Jenkintown Borough: Replace the Route 611 (Old York Road) bridge at the SEPTA Noble Station and improve pedestrian access, $16.3 million.
• Niantic Road Bridge Replacement, Douglass Township: Replace the bridge that carries Niantic Road over the West Branch of Perkiomen Creek, $1.5 million.
  
  

Notable projects that will continue construction this year by county include:

• U.S. 422 Reconstruction, Lower Pottsgrove Township: Reconstruct and improve approximately 2.1 miles of U.S. 422 from the Sanatoga Interchange to the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks just west of Porter Road, $83.6 million.
• U.S. 202 Sinkhole Remediation, Upper Merion Township: Stabilize and improve U.S. 202 (Dekalb Pike) between Henderson Road and Saulin Boulevard to provide a long-term solution to address repeat sinkholes that have occurred within the roadway, $22.3 million.