{"id":2353,"date":"2020-04-07T09:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/newsroom_details_pag\/penn-restarts-530m-in-turnpike-projects\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T06:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:05:28","slug":"penn-restarts-530m-in-turnpike-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.construction.com\/reports\/penn-restarts-530m-in-turnpike-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn restarts $530m in turnpike projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania to Restart $530M in Turnpike Projects<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nWorkers place concrete for a pier cap on the I-79 project in Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania governor’s office has decided to allow construction to resume on several suspended Pennsylvania Turnpike projects, pending a review of the contractors’ COVID-19-related jobsite safety plans.<\/p>\n

The decision, announced on March 31, applies to four projects, whose total value is $530.1 million, said Renee Vid Colborn, a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission spokesperson.<\/p>\n

The projects had been frozen two weeks earlier, in response to Wolf’s directive suspending all construction statewide.<\/p>\n

There is a caveat, however. Colburn told ENR via email that “the actual restart of work will be determined once the Turnpike receives an accepted COVID-19 safety plan from contractors and a project restart meeting is held for each project.”<\/p>\n

The largest project among the four is a $225.1-million reconstruction and widening of seven miles of the Turnpike’s Northeastern Extension<\/a>, in Montgomery County.<\/p>\n

The second-largest project to be unfrozen is a $174.3-million section<\/a> of the Southern Beltway program in Allegheny and Washington counties, in western Pennsylvania. It involves an interchange between Interstate-576 and I-79.<\/p>\n

Also on the list are a $110-million rehabilitation for the Tuscarora Tunnel<\/a> on the Huntingdon-Franklin county line and a $20.7-million replacement of lighting in the Allegheny Tunnel.<\/p>\n

The turnpike’s system is a group of toll highways. Its east-west mainline extends 359 miles<\/a>, from the Delaware River to the Ohio state line. It also includes the 110-mile Northeastern Extension and 83 miles of western expansions. The turnpike opened in 1940 as a 160-mile highway.<\/p>\n

Also on March 31, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation\u2014which is separate from the Turnpike Commission, announced the restart of 61 critically important projects around the state. Those projects have a total value of about $1 billion. [View 4\/2\/2020 ENR story here<\/a>.]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania to Restart $530M in Turnpike Projects Workers place concrete for a pier cap on the I-79 project in Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission The Pennsylvania governor’s office has decided to allow construction to resume on several suspended Pennsylvania Turnpike projects, pending a review of the contractors’ COVID-19-related jobsite safety plans. 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