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Motorists in Montour County are advised there is about a two-mile backlog of traffic on Interstate 80 eastbound near the work zone from mile 220 to mile 218.

Motorists should approach the area with extreme caution and be alert for stopped or slow-moving vehicles.

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On Sunday, June 26, a PennDOT regional paving crew in Columbia County will begin night work on Route 487 (East Street) and Route 1004 (Old Berwick Road) in the Town of Bloomsburg.

Work will be performed from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday night through Thursday morning. Work will start on Route 487 between Old Berwick Road and Fifth Street. On Wednesday night, an approximately 400-foot section of Old Berwick Road will be paved.

There will be lane restrictions with flaggers providing traffic control during this project.

On Monday, June 27, a PennDOT bridge crew in Columbia County will begin a bridge replacement project on T-715 (Green Creek Road) in Jackson Township.

The existing 23 foot-long T-beam bridge, which spans Green Creek, was built in 1934. It will be replaced by a precast box culvert.

Green Creek Road will be closed between T-614 (Youngs Hill Road) and T-616 (Twin Pond Road). A detour will be in effect using Route 4030 (Derrs Road),

Route 4039 (Austin Trail), T-710 (Greasyville Hollow Road), and T-725 (Mendenhall Hill Road).

Motorists in Columbia County are advised there will be a traffic slowdown lasting several minutes on Interstate 80 in Columbia County on Tuesday, June 28.

The slowdown will occur at about 11 a.m. in the vicinity of Route 4009 (Millville Road) in the Town of Bloomsburg so a power line spanning the highway can be removed. Rolling roadblocks will be used to slow traffic in both directions.

Motorists are asked to be alert and watch for stopped or slow-moving traffic.

A bridge replacement project on Route 239 between Maple Lane and Klinger Hill Road in Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, is set to begin Monday, June 27.

Work includes removal of the existing structure and construction of a single span pre-stressed concrete box beam bridge, drainage improvements and the installation of guide rail.

A detour will be in place using Route 487, Camp Lavigne Road and Route 118.

Work is expected to be completed in October.

Ryland Construction Company, Inc., is the prime contractor on this $1.1 million project.

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.”