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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Community Traffic Safety Project, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

(PFBC) and state and local law enforcement today met at Flynn Beverage in Towanda to promote safe driving and boating during an Independence Day Impaired Driving Mobilization.

Participants discussed regional DUI patrols both on and off the water as part of this year’s impaired driving mobilization which runs from June 22 through July 4.

A microsurfacing project on Route 1004 (Old Berwick Road) in Columbia County is scheduled to begin tomorrow, Wednesday, June 22.

Work will be between Route 487 in the Town of Bloomsburg and Route 2028 (Market Street) in South Centre Township.

Traffic will be reduced to one lane under daylight flagging operations.

Vestal Asphalt, Inc., is the prime contractor on this project.

Work is expected to be completed in July, weather permitting.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP – An officer attempted to stop a Pontiac sedan shortly before 1 AM Friday in the area of Tenny St & Old Berwick Rd, but the driver fled at a high rate of speed on Riverview Ave.

One person fled on foot after the vehicle wrecked at the dead end of Worman St.

Motorists in Montour County are advised that traffic is reduced to a single lane on Interstate 80 westbound near mile 222 due to a vehicle fire.

There is a backlog of traffic. Motorists should be alert for stopped or slow-moving traffic.

Emergency crews are on the scene and are working to clear the roadway.

Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf signed Senate Bill 290 into law, which makes the ignition interlock program mandatory for first-time DUI offenders with high blood alcohol levels.

“Drunk driving is a deadly crime that puts Pennsylvania families at risk and this legislation will help prevent people from driving drunk and endangering themselves and putting other lives at risk,” Governor Wolf said. “We owe it to both motorists and pedestrians to keep them safe and hold people who break DUI laws accountable.”

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation today announced additional stretches of the interstate network that will be posted with 70 mph speed limits.

Starting tomorrow, 396 additional miles of the Turnpike and 400 additional miles of certain PennDOT highways will be converted to 70 mph; combined with the 201 combined miles of Turnpike and PennDOT roadways already at 70 mph since July 2014, motorists will see the higher speed limit on 997 miles of roadway in the Commonwealth.

On Monday, May 2, a 3.4-mile micro-surfacing project on Route 254 in Columbia County will begin.

Work will be from Taylor Road in Millville Borough to Route 44 in Madison Township.

There will be daylight signing and flaggers providing traffic control.

Work is expected to be completed in late June.

Suite-Kote Corporation is the prime contractor on this $237,500 project.

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today announced it will be activating a new type of left turn signal that has been proven to improve left turn safety at intersections.

On Monday, May 2, a PennDOT maintenance crew in Columbia County will begin widening Route 3016 (Hollow Road) in Catawissa Borough and Catawissa Township.

Work is expected to be completed by Thursday, May 5, weather permitting. The road will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.

A detour will be in place using Route 42 and Route 487.

Update: All lanes of Route 339 are open.

Motorists in Columbia County are advised that Route 339 is down to a single lane between Mainville and Mifflinville due to a vehicle crash and downed power lines.

Flaggers are directing traffic through the area.

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