​Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that Centre County Maintenance crews will postpone shoulder-cutting operations along the two-lane section of Route 322 between Potters Mills and Boalsburg for the remainder of this week to avoid impacting traffic bound for Penn State University's Ag Progress Days. Shoulder-cutting removes excess material and debris from unpaved shoulders, improves drainage, and allows water to leave the roadway, which lessens the potential for icing conditions that are hazardous to drivers, weaken pavement, and cause the formation of potholes during winter months.

Maintenance crews will now implement a daytime detour for westbound traffic starting at 8:30 AM Monday, August 14. Flaggers in the roadway will direct through traffic off Route 322 at Sand Mountain Road, and drivers will follow Route 2015 (Sand Mountain Road) to Route 144, Route 144 to Route 45, and Route 45 back to Route 322. Flaggers will permit local traffic access to their homes. Crews will reopen both lanes by 3:00 PM each afternoon.

Eastbound traffic driving toward Lewistown will pass through the work zone under flagging conditions. PennDOT urges drivers to build extra time into their travel schedules, obey posted speed limits in this and all work zones, and always buckle up.

PennDOT anticipates implementing the daytime detour Monday, August 14, through Wednesday, August 17. All work is weather and schedule dependent.

Motorists are encouraged to "Know Before They Go" by checking 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 1,000 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.              

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Contact: Timothy Nebgen, tnebgen@pa.gov or 814-765-0598

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