How to get around Delco’s roads this week

There are scant few roadwork projects scheduled around the county this week, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Delco motorists will nonetheless want to take note of the following ongoing projects while getting around by vehicle:

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• Providence Road, closures between Oak Avenue and Clifton Avenue around the clock through early November for water main installation. During construction, Providence Road motorists will be directed to use Oak Avenue/Oak Lane, MacDade Boulevard and Clifton Avenue. Middletown

• Baltimore Pike, periodic lane closures between Pennell Road and Valley Road, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and some possibly some Saturdays from through June 2020 for utility and road work. Nether Providence

• Rose Valley Road, closures between Providence Road and Avondale Road,

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays through early November for water main installation. Rose Valley Road motorists will be directed to use Providence Road, Chester Road and Yale Avenue during construction.

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

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

860 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and

droid devices, by calling 5-11, or by following regional

Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

For PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www. twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot