The archeological studies are done and work on the Orchard Rd bike path/lanes is progressing. Here are some photos from the ground: (more…)

Passing on this press release from PennDOT concerning bridgework on Branch Rd.

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PennDOT will be closing Branch Road (Route 3011) just north of Country Club Road on Monday July 17 at 7:00 a.m. During this time the Centre

Hills Country Club will remain accessible from Route 322 Business side of Branch Road. The detour is necessary for excavation to begin for a new bridge structure and relocation of the existing waterline. New paint lines will also be put in place for a temporary golf cart path detour.

The bridge spans Slab Cabin Run, near the entrance to the Centre Hills Country Club. The existing bridge is weight posted at 19 tons for single vehicles and 31 tons for combination vehicles. Dating from 1954, the bridge carries an average of 10,000 vehicles each day.

Overall project work will include removal of the old bridge, construction of a new, 3-cell, pre-cast box culvert, paving, guide rail updates, water & se

wer line relocation, drainage, and miscellaneous items.

PennDOT expects the new bridge to be open to traffic on August 28, 2017.

All work is weather and schedule dependent. Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. of State College, PA is the contractor on this $1.9 million project. Drivers are reminded to move through work zones with caution, obey posted speed limits, and always buckle up.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan (Act 89), or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways 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 825 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 information on Twitter, follow www.twitter.com/511PAStateCOLL

Media Contact: Garnet Ninosky, (814) 765-0551

Another Bike Month is just over, but our advocacy work goes on year round.

So, you ask, “What does CentreBike do, and what does it do for me?

• Worked for new bike lanes and paths, bike parking, and bike racks on CATA buses
• Worked with PennDOT to remove side-road rumble strips from many rural roads in our area
• Helped region obtain Bicycle Friendly Community status
• Working through the COG Bicycle Advisory Committee to make sure government officials are responsive to cyclists’ needs and aware of cyclists’ contributions to the Centre Region
• Providing cyclist and driver education in partnership with Centre Parks & Rec and local schools
• Distributiing lights to invisible riders on Campus and in Town.
• and more…

Recent progress with facilities

While CentreBike is not responsible for planning or building any of these paths, we do work with the municipalities and their planners to comment on proposed facilities, suggest new facilities, and support their efforts when they apply for grants – sometimes with just a letter, other times with contributions to matching funds.

• Last year, The Circleville Rd path was completed from Circleville Park to just shy of Scotia Rd. (Patton Township).
• Valley Vista shared use path – pre-construction activities in 2017/2018 and construction in 2019. Runs from Tudek-Circleville Path to Carnegie Drive. (Patton & Ferguson Townships)
• Orchard Rd shared use path/bike lanes. Archeological field work under way, followed by 1^st season construction work this fall, completion in 2018. Bike lanes on Orchard will be extended to meet up with path crossing PSU land behind housing . (College Township)
• We’re also encouraging Penn State and College Township to take the Orchard Rd project to it’s next logical step and provide a way from Orchard Rd to Porter Rd with
• Easterly-Westerly Parkway Shared Use Path. While pushed off to 2018/19 due to budget constraints, there are plans for a shared use path from Garner St to Atherton Street along Easterly and Westerly Parkways. This route will eventually continue on Westerly, joining Easterly Pkwy Elementary, the High School to the Orchard Shared Use Path and the Garner Street bike lanes. Safe Routes to School and Complete Streets are a major impetus driving this project. On the Eastern end, we’ve suggested it be continued to University Drive and Walnut Springs/Lederer parks. (State College Borough)
• Bellefonte-Milesburg Shared Use Path. While not technically  in our footprint, we contributed to the effort by Milesburg, Bellefonte, and Centre County to study the possibility of building this path.  The study is due in December 2018. The long term potential of the Spring Creek Corridor would include a connector to State College via Spring Creek Canyon and eventual expansion of the path beyond Milesburg to Howard, Lock Haven, and Jersey Shore, where it would connect to the Pine Creek Rail Trail. Imagine that! We do!

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