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Brush Valley Detour

PennDOT will be resurfacing a bridge on a popular cycling route on Friday June 10th (rain date is Tuesday June 14). The bridge is just West down the hill from Rimmey Rd and those of you who frequently ride on Brush Valley Rd will recognize it. The detour we’ve suggested below does follow RT 45. If you aren’t comfortable with the traffic on 45, your best bet is to avoid the area on the 10th. The PennDOT press release follows below.

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BRIDGE REPAIRS WILL RQUIRE ONE-DAY CLOSURE IN POTTER TOWNSHIP

6/1/2016

Centre County

Bridge Repairs Will Require One-Day Closure in Potter Township Work will take place near Linden Hall on Upper Brush Valley Road

State College, PA – A crew from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

(PennDOT) will be working to pave the deck of a small Centre County bridge on Friday, June 10. The bridge is located on Route 2006 (Upper Brush Valley

Road), about one and a half miles east of the village of Linden Hall. Repairing the deck will help PennDOT keep the bridge in useful service until a full replacement can be done. The 16-foot bridge spans Hayes Run on Upper Brush Valley Road and dates from 1938. It carries average daily traffic of almost 600 vehicles.

During the June 10 work, the section of Route 2006 near the bridge will be closed and an official detour will be in effect. Drivers will make use of Route 2006, Route 45, and Route 144 to get around the closure.

All work is weather dependent, with the rain date set for Tuesday, June 14.

All work will be performed by a bridge crew from PennDOT Centre County Maintenance.

PennDOT reminds drivers to use caution in all work zones, follow detour signs, and always buckle up.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 770 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

For PennDOT regional updates on Twitter, follow www.twitter.com/511PAStateCOLL.

Forum: Building A Bike Friendly Community

Where do we go from here?

How is the Regional Bike Plan being implemented?

What is the status of our Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC)?

Representatives from State College, Ferguson, Patton, College, Halfmoon, Penn State, and COG will be there to present and to listen. Come let your voice be heard!

Tuesday, May 17, 5:30 pm at the State College Borough Building in the Community Room.

Contact CentreBike with questions: https://centrebike.org/contact-us-2/

MINUTES of CentreBike General Membership Meeting

May 9, 2016
Meeting held at the State College Borough Building

Present: Anna Nelson, President, Paul Rito, Vice President, Joan Potter, Secretary, Jean Bemis, Brian Dempsey, Mark Davison, Melissa Bopp, Austin Keene, Peter Koby, Cecily Zhu

The meeting was called to order by Anna Nelson at 5:35 pm.

Centre Gives Campaign

A total of $1,225 was generously donated to CentreBike during the Centre Gives campaign. Thank you notes were sent to individual contributors, and a complimentary one-year membership given to those who donated $50 or more.

Centre Region COG Bike Map

COG would like to update and post a new biking map online by August. Anna Nelson reviewed the current map key and presented two options to improve the key. Peter Koby offered to provide input, and Anna encouraged anyone else with ideas to email her.

Bike Safety Concerns

We’re grateful to the Borough, Ferguson Twp and PennDOT who are using their variable message boards in various locations this month with the message: “Yield: Give 4’ when passing cyclists”.
There have been several recent reports of pedestrians and bicyclists involved in near miss encounters with cars at intersections. Anna suggested approaching municipalities about raising awareness of this issue.