2008-08-06 20:02:00
CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE, Staff
Drivers these days are sharing the road with more alternative vehicles. It's important for everyone to know the rules of the road for their own safety and that of others.And with scooter accidents making headlines this summer, it's even more important for everyone to be aware of re......
2008-08-01 00:53:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
One year ago today, 13 people lost their lives when the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed during rush hour.In an instant, public attention was focused on the United States' infrastructure deficiencies and the dangers they pose.Since the tragedy, transportation departments ac......
2008-07-31 11:00:00
DAN RORABAUGH, Staff
Nearly 18 months ago, Debbie Loper was returning from lunch to her Quarryville home when she lost control of her car, veered off the road and struck a tree, killing her on impact. Her husband Bob Loper, a maintenance worker at Millersville University, set up a memorial cross and flower arrangem......
2008-07-31 01:19:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The covered bridge that carries Log Cabin Road over Cocalico Creek at the West Earl/Warwick township line is expected to be closed for about a year to undergo restoration.On Wednesday, Lancaster County commissioners awarded a contract for a maximum of $62,300 to Rettew Associates to design......
2008-07-29 01:20:00
P.J. REILLY and JOHN WALK, Staff
Twenty-three miles of the abandoned Enola Low-Grade Line in southern Lancaster County today are under municipal ownership.At a gathering in Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg office Monday, railroad company officials signed over deeds to the 850-acre property to Bart, Conestoga, Eden, Marti......
2008-07-28 00:04:00
CARLA DI FONZO, staff
If any peregrine falcons or eagles are still nesting around Norman Wood Bridge over the Susquehanna River, local birder Tom Raub said they're staying out view.Of course, he said, because it's too late in the season for nesting, it's even more likely the birds have simply flown ......
2008-07-26 01:10:00
STAFF
Construction crews anticipate putting long-term work-zone signs and marking stations in place this week in preparation for shoulder and roadway base repair starting Wednesday on a 1¼-mile stretch of Route 72 from the Pennsylvania Turnpike entrance ramp in Rapho Township to Route 322 in Cornwa......
2008-07-19 01:05:00
STAFF
Work began last week on a $5.8 million project to repair and repaint the Route 372 bridge over the Susquehanna River. Motorists are advised they will encounter single-lane traffic restrictions seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with flaggers alternating both directions of traffic and a......
2008-07-15 01:54:00
PATRICK BURNS, Staff
Lancaster Airport Authority agreed Monday to donate about 1.6 acres for a $995,000 project that will improve Lititz Pike just south of Millport Road.The intermunicipal project spearheaded by the Lancaster County Transportation Authority will raise and widen the southbound lane of Lititz Pi......
2008-07-09 09:58:00
JANET KELLEY, Staff
The state Superior Court has upheld a $2 million judgment a jury awarded the widow of a PennDOT worker who was killed in a traffic accident on Route 41 in 2001. The award after the civil trial in June 2006 was one of the largest in Lancaster County history. Michael Jablonski, 33, of New Ho......
2008-07-08 00:21:00
JOHN WALK, Staff
Nearly 10 months after a $2.86 million redesign of the intersection of routes 272 and 372 in Buck, residents and township officials say the project has been a success."I think it's a lot safer," East Drumore Township resident Frank Seal said. "Overall, I'm very pleas......
2008-07-08 00:17:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
Tourism was not a cause of the American Civil War, but it certainly has been an effect.And now, to help promote Pennsylvania's pivotal role in that conflict, which pitted American against American, the state Department of Transportation has placed 73 new signs in six counties promoting......
2008-07-01 00:40:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
CorridorOne, a plan to bring light-rail transit to the Lancaster-Harrisburg line, has jumped the tracks to make way for a more powerful locomotive.John Ward, president of Modern Transit Partnerships, on Monday unveiled a new moniker for the line: the Capital Red Rose Corridor.He als......
2008-06-25 00:03:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER, Staff
Mount Joy's Risser Mill Bridge, burned down by an arsonist six years ago, will be replaced by two bridges — one covered and one modern — according to plans.A hearing on the plans for the modern concrete bridge will be held at 7 p.m. tonight at the Mount Joy Campus of t......
2008-06-18 00:35:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The Amtrak train station in Elizabethtown has seen a lot of traffic in recent years.With gas prices climbing, it could get busier.Even if use of the station doesn't increase, borough officials recognize it needs a facelift.Its platforms are badly in need of repair, its pa......
2008-06-12 01:29:00
PATRICK BURNS, Staff
A 40-year-old woman riding a motor scooter was seriously injured in a crash Wednesday afternoon in West Cocalico Township.East Cocalico Township police said Theresa Miller, 100 Durlach Hill Road, Stevens, fell off her Kymco motor scooter near 700 Swamp Bridge Road in West Cocalico Township......
2008-06-07 02:10:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Southern Lancaster County motorists might start experiencing some headaches Monday.Construction work on a section of Route 222 in Fulton Township is scheduled to start Monday and last through October.According to the state Department of Transportation, work crews will begin by trimm......
2008-05-28 10:58:00
STAFF
Construction crews have finished repairs on westbound Route 30 between the Prospect Road and Malleable Road overpasses in West Hempfield Township, PennDOT announced in a press release. Today, crews are eradicating traffic lines and painting new lines in the westbound lanes of Route 30 in ant......
2008-05-27 01:10:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER, Staff
A 14-month construction project to repair and resurface the northernmost section of Route 222 in Lancaster County begins tonight.Stretching from a mile north of the Ephrata/Route 322 exit to the Berks County line, more than 7 miles of the heavily traveled highway will be under repair until......
2008-05-23 01:54:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The Mount Airy Road bridge over Middle Creek in Clay Township has seen better days, according to township manager Bruce Leisey.With school buses, large trucks and cars rumbling over it every day, the concrete deck is crumbling.In 2006, a survey of bridges across the state listed the......
2008-05-22 01:47:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The top goal of Lancaster County's Transportation Improvement Plan is clear: fix local bridges.Dave Royer, director of transportation for the county planning commission, said that priority comes straight from Gov. Ed Rendell."We're definitely focusing on our existing in......
2008-05-17 01:17:00
STEPHANIE WEAVER, Staff
Motorists who have been navigating the single-lane restrictions on Route 30 near Prospect Road will have more construction to contend with next week.The Route 30 entrance and exit ramps at the Prospect Road and Route 441 interchanges will be closed for repairs sequentially from Monday to T......
2008-04-29 11:05:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
State transportation officials will repair or replace 58 bridges across Lancaster County in the next four years under a proposed plan. The focus on "structurally deficient" bridges comes following the deadly collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis last year. The tragedy gave urgency to a state stud......
2008-04-24 00:36:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
An inevitable occurrence on the roads in Lancaster County each summer is an increase in the number of slow-moving farm vehicles that can bog down traffic — and cause impatient motorists to attempt reckless maneuvers while trying to pass them.Pennsylvania, with its side-by-side blend ......
2008-04-17 00:16:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
City planners approved the final plan for a new $30 million retail center on Hempstead Road Wednesday night.The shopping center will be anchored by a 117,000-square-foot Lowe's home-improvement store and also will include a 45,933-square-foot retail store, plus a restaurant and bank....
2008-04-08 00:05:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
A New Holland man who says his identity was stolen is engaged in a legal battle to keep his driver's license and clear his driving record, his attorney said Monday.Steven Fox of Brimmer Avenue hired attorney Mike Winters last month after being informed by his auto insurance group about "di......
2008-04-02 02:26:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
It's time again to draw your attention to recent news items, which are much funnier than anything I can come up with.I see where Armstrong World Industries is eliminating 100 more jobs.I find this story amazing. I didn't think Armstrong, once a major source of employment in Lancaste......
2008-03-31 18:30:00
STAFF REPORTS
Motorists are advised to avoid a 3-mile stretch of Route 897 in northern Lancaster County this week.Starting Tuesday, Route 897, from Route 272 in Swartzville to Ridge Road in East and West Cocalico Township, will be limited to a single lane of traffic, according to a news release issued F......
2008-03-29 00:22:00
PATRICK BURNS, Staff
Despite a prolonged advertising campaign warning that seat-belt use is mandatory in Pennsylvania, some people still ignore the law.But not many.West Hempfield Township police officers stopped 613 vehicles at a safety checkpoint Friday afternoon and found that only a dozen failed to ......
2008-03-12 01:20:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
A new route designed to take truck traffic around Columbia Borough instead of through it is taking shape, but officials are still waiting to see if Harrisburg will pony up the funds to pay for it."We're going ahead, with the understanding that the financial issue will work itself ......
2008-03-09 00:20:00
GIL SMART, Associate Editor
Spring is just around the corner. Be prepared to stop. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation kicks off its 2008 season Monday with two big projects getting under way. The first, and one of the most expensive projects planned in the county this year, is $11.36 million in improv......
2008-03-08 02:01:00
SUSAN E. LINDT, Staff
Some major long-term road projects might make daily commutes longer in the coming months.On Monday, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will start work in West Hempfield Township on the bridge that carries Prospect Road over Route 30.Crews will funnel all traffic on Prospect R......
2008-03-07 10:38:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
Pieces of material may be falling from the Lititz Pike bridge, but state transportation officials said motorists traveling over the bridge shouldn't be concerned. It is the trains below that have a problem. A reported 70-foot section of concrete under the bridge, which carries Route 50......
2008-03-06 00:58:00
PATRICK BURNS, Staff
Anxious motorists bracing for the day construction at Lancaster Airport shuts down traffic on Lititz Pike can take a deep breath.Yes, a stretch of Lititz Pike (Route 501) just west of the airport will be closed beginning April 4. But accompanying detours will last only one weekend, an airp......
2008-03-02 00:18:00
GIL SMART, Associate Editor
Call this one a whole new angle on city parking. On Tuesday, Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray will approach the Lancaster City Traffic Commission with an idea. What if, he'll ask, the normal parallel parking on six northwest Lancaster streets is discontinued — and motorists are instead requi......
2008-03-01 01:38:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
A Lancaster County motorist was allegedly menaced late Thursday night by another driver who pointed a gun at him in what police are calling a road-rage incident.The county motorist, who West Hempfield Township police didn't identify for his protection, was confronted by a white man dri......
2008-02-28 01:01:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz says his town has invested 10 years and millions of dollars in an effort to build a bypass and move the truck traffic on Route 441 out of the borough.Though PennDOT has proposed putting the $18 million project on the back burner, Lutz is mounting a campaign to convi......
2008-02-23 01:33:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
Friday's winter storm made the outdoors a slippery mess, sending cars and trucks — and many sledders — sliding, and closing schools across Lancaster County.The storm, which by the morning rush hour had dumped 2 to 3 inches of snow and sleet, tapered off by lunchtime but rea......
2008-02-22 11:11:00
ANYA LITVAK, Staff
The problem before him is simple, said Joseph G. Brimmeier, the CEO of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. "Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die," he told a group of local business people at a Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Industry breakfast on Thursday. ......
2008-02-22 01:44:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
If you think we've had enough ice and freezing rain for one winter, you're not going to like today's forecast.Two weak low-pressure systems rolling in from the Southwest are expected to dump 1 to 2 inches of snow on Lancaster County by noon, then top things off with a layer of ......
2008-02-19 10:51:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
A new Route 30 from Ronks to Gap could be pushed back — way, way back. And a proposed Columbia bypass and reconstruction of the Centerville Road/Route 30 interchange would likely share the same fate under a redrafting of Lancaster County's Transportation Improvement Plan....
2008-02-14 01:43:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Today is probably going to be sunny.It won't be warm by any stretch of the imagination, but with temperatures easing up to about 40, some of the slush and ice and muck that accumulated on Wednesday will start to melt.Enjoy it while it lasts.Another mess of clouds will cro......
2008-02-13 12:10:00
CINDY STAUFFER and JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
Water fell from the sky over the past 24 hours in multiple forms: snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. And it created multiple headaches: downed trees, power outages, icy sidewalks, accidents and closed roads. County residents awoke to hazardous conditions today, due to a steady freezin......
2008-02-13 01:26:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
State Department of Transportation crews were out in full force late Tuesday night and planned to stay out early this morning, plowing and pouring salt on slick Lancaster County roads, officials said.The crews battled a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain that is expected to make traveli......
2008-02-02 12:30:00
ANYA LITVAK, Staff
If it seemed like Friday was the wettest day ever, it's because it kind of was. The 1.77 inches of rain that battered the county was a record rainfall for Feb. 1, according to Millersville meteorologist Eric Horst. The previous record, 1.31 inches, was set in 1915. As the rain subsided in ......
2008-02-01 01:27:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
Transportation officials discussed ways to change mindsets when it comes to infrastructure and land development so that roads and bridges can be maintained and fewer cars crowd the roads.•••Traffic is increasing, budgets are shrinking a......
2008-02-01 01:20:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
Two construction workers were injured Thursday when a PennDOT truck struck them on a West Hempfield Township bridge, officials said.The workers, whose names weren't released to the media Thursday, were replacing a bridge over Strickler Run at Route 462 when they were struck about 10 a.......
2008-01-31 11:26:00
JANET KELLEY and CHAD UMBLE, Staff
Two construction workers reportedly were struck by a PennDOT truck this morning on Columbia Avenue, according to county emergency dispatchers. The two men reportedly were taken by a private vehicle to the hospital, dispatchers said. At the scene, co-workers said that the injuries were n......
2008-01-29 12:08:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
A gentle rain this morning caused havoc on the roads. Light rain froze immediately on the cold ground in this morning's 29-degree rush-hour temperatures. The result was scores of fender benders — primarily in the western part of Lancaster County. Reports of accidents began ......
2008-01-24 12:01:00
HOLLY SCOTT, Correspondent
The Leacock Township Board of Supervisors has decided against building a sidewalk along the Route 30 Bridge over Pequea Creek. The bridge, which is next to the Best Western Hotel/Revere Tavern, is maintained by the state. PennDOT plans to replace the bridge at some point, and is working on desi......
2008-01-22 01:29:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
Kanst du Deitsch shvetza?If you can't, or if you can and would like to "shvetza Deitsch" a little better, Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society is offering beginner and intermediate language courses in Pennsylvania Dutch.Beginning classes will be offered from 7 to 9 p.m. W......
2008-01-14 12:14:00
TOM MURSE, Staff
Come on. Admit it. You heard the weather guy mention snow in his forecast and got all giddy, or maybe a little anxious, didn't you? Uh, huh. You even went so far as to power up that old snowblower collecting dust out there in the garage, right? And now? Well, now you'......
2008-01-07 17:45:00
STAFF REPORT
The Susquehanna Association for the Blind and Vision Impaired has announced that a formal merger with the Somerset County Blind Center has been completed and approved by the Associations' board of directors."The closing of the merger marks the conclusion of months of discussion be......
2008-01-07 12:25:00
AD CRABLE, Staff
A pair of rare peregrine falcons that have chosen the Route 30 bridge across the Susquehanna as a base were given an extreme-makeover home this morning in hopes that they can pull off the first successful nesting in Lancaster County in 60 years. A PennDOT "snooper crane" carefully low......
2008-01-07 12:03:00
DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff
Plans for a "traditional neighborhood development" measure that could pave the way for Independence, the huge new community being eyed for the Landisville area. Continuing plans to improve the adjoining Route 283/State Road interchange, long a snarled, sometimes dangerous, place fo......
2008-01-07 00:27:00
STAFF REPORTS
Repairs to the Route 30 bridge between Lancaster and York counties will restrict travel for much of today.Greg Penny, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, issued an announcement Friday that eastbound travel will be limited to a single lane beginning at 9 a.m. today, weathe......
2008-01-05 02:28:00
LORI VAN INGEN, Staff
In the course of a speeding detail on Ironville Pike Thursday, West Hempfield Township police netted a wrecked sports car, but no driver.A police unit nearby — unconnected to the speeding detail — first noticed a red 2000 Pontiac Trans Am traveling north on Prospect Road at 7:2......
2008-01-03 00:33:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
With new plans in hand for renovations to its railroad station and platforms, Elizabethtown Borough needs only two more things.One is a stack of approvals from state and federal agencies that have oversight on the project.The other is about $4 million.Borough manager Pete Whi......
2007-12-23 00:19:00
GIL SMART, Associate editor
In one respect, it seems like much ado over not much. Beginning in early January, Franklin & Marshall College will begin construction of a median strip in the center of Harrisburg Avenue, designed to discourage pedestrians from crossing in the middle of the busy block. The strip will be a m......
2007-12-19 01:37:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Even as Conoy Township supervisors are hearing arguments on an ethanol plant planned along the Susquehanna River, the township planning commission is gearing up to play its own part in the complicated review process.Supervisors will hold the seventh in a series of conditional-use hearings ......
2007-12-19 01:30:00
MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press
Lax security led to the theft of materials used to produce Pennsylvania driver's licenses and identification cards, putting people at risk of fraud and identity theft, the state auditor general said Tuesday.Contractors hired since 2000 to produce licenses and ID cards for the Pennsylva......
2007-12-19 01:22:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
Lancaster City Council approved a 2008 budget Tuesday night that will raise property taxes 4 percent.The increase means an additional $26 in taxes for a homeowner with a property assessed at $75,000.In a countermeasure, council approved eliminating two "nuisance" taxes — the $......
2007-12-17 01:00:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Although the snow forecast for Sunday skirted to the north, Lancaster County still had to wrestle with its share of weather-related problems.Ice and high winds were blamed for causing about 6,200 county homes to lose power for at least some part of the day.As of late Sunday night, a......
2007-12-11 12:00:00
TOM MURSE, Staff
PennDOT Secretary Allen Biehler said today that transportation planners are "rejiggering" their priorities in the face of tight budgets to fix the state's more than 6,000 structurally deficient bridges while maintaining highways. "We have not come face-to-face with the rea......
2007-12-10 12:18:00
RYAN ROBINSON, Staff
A bypass has been on many Strasburg residents' and motorists' wish list for years. But final approval for the long-delayed project is still not quite ready to be wrapped up and put under the Christmas tree, Strasburg Mayor Bruce Ryder will tell Borough Council Tuesday night. &qu......
2007-12-07 11:56:00
TIM MEKEEL, Staff
A national chain of used-car superstores, which wants to build one at Manheim Pike and Plaza Boulevard, has disclosed its vision for the project. And, compared to the look of the six aging industrial buildings on the property now, CarMax definitely foresees a very different sight. The p......
2007-12-06 01:17:00
DAVE PIDGEON and MICHAEL YODER, Staff
Lancaster County's white Christmas came three weeks early.The winter's first measurable snowstorm left up to 3 inches on the ground here Wednesday before moving east and out to sea overnight, a forecaster at AccuWeather said.The storm was the same system that slammed the Pac......
2007-12-04 11:51:00
CHAD UMBLE, Staff
A Quarryville man was killed and two others suffered serious injuries in an early-morning crash on Route 222 near Refton in Strasburg Township. The accident happened at 12:48 a.m. on a curve in the road that has been the scene of several recent accidents. A front-seat passenger in the&n......
2007-11-27 11:32:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
PennDOT this morning gave passing motorists a sign that the long-planned improvements of Lancaster City's South Duke Street were finally beginning. The construction zone signs went up at the north and south ends of the work area, between Church and Dauphin streets. Residents got the wo......
2007-11-24 02:03:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The concrete-arch bridge that carries Auction Road across Big Chiques Creek near Manheim is one of just five bridges of that design in Pennsylvania.Built in 1922, the bridge is considered a historic structure by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.PennDOT, however......
2007-11-23 11:21:00
RYAN ROBINSON, Staff
A developer's plan to build an entire town a mile from Lancaster County has been delayed, but the project is still moving forward. If it eventually is built, New Morgan Borough's population could balloon from 14 people to 20,000 or more. Arcadia Land Company of Wayne wants to build thou......
2007-11-21 11:20:00
TIM MEKEEL and CHAD UMBLE, Staff
The goal is to let people shop and spend. Not sit and stew. Last year, when Rockvale and Tanger outlet centers opened at midnight for Black Friday, the turnout was so big that cars were backed up for blocks. Traffic on Lincoln Highway East was at a standstill. Side roads were clogg......
2007-11-20 00:06:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
While many people will be sleeping off their Thanksgiving meals Thursday night, thousands of shoppers will descend on Lincoln Highway East for early morning bargains — and hopefully not get caught in traffic.Both Tanger and Rockvale outlets will open at midnight for the second consec......
2007-11-17 12:23:00
TOM MURSE, Staff writer
Joe Torres had the right idea. The 18-year-old Franklin & Marshall College freshman, two stuffed suitcases in tow, was boarding an Amtrak train early this morning for Philadelphia, where he was to hop in a taxi to the airport and fly to Los Angeles. Torres is headed home for the Thanks......
2007-11-03 00:43:00
ANNIE GINDER, Correspondent
Martic Township supervisors are spending $15,000 to study a reoccurring storm-water management problem that area residents say has caused flooding on their properties.The study will be performed by township engineer Wilson Consulting Group PC.Residents of the affected areas on Bridg......
2007-10-31 01:10:00
DAVE PIDGEON, Staff
The five candidates for three Lancaster County commissioner seats hit the home stretch Tuesday, appearing in Lancaster city for their final debate before Tuesday's election.The event was sponsored by Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry and held before dozens of people in South......
2007-10-30 02:04:00
MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press
The state has addressed many of the logistical and communication problems that stranded hundreds of motorists along highways during this year's severe Valentine's Day snow and ice storm, Pennsylvania emergency and transportation officials said Monday.The officials said they had imp......
2007-10-25 01:58:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Traffic generated by a proposed ethanol plant in Conoy Township would have only a marginal effect on the local community, a traffic engineer testified Wednesday.The number of vehicles entering and exiting the site would be so slight, according to engineer Jeffrey G. Bergsten, that state De......
2007-10-20 03:09:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
In an effort to bring businesses back downtown and make streets safer for pedestrians, officials in Columbia Borough are working on a way to help large trucks bypass the center of town.One of the options, however, has at least one resident furious.At Columbia Borough's most recent c......
2007-10-17 21:48:00
JOHN FRIEL, Correspondent
West Earl Township officials are still testing the a proposed commercial fire-suppression network.At its Oct. 8 meeting, township supervisors discussed how to divide the cost of a new water tank and pipelines for businesses with sprinkler systems.Last month, the board gave tentative......
2007-10-17 20:43:00
MARCELLA PEYRE-FERRY, Correspondent
As of its monthly supervisors' meeting Oct. 3, Bart Township has completed two of three tasks it agreed to do at Mine and White Oak roads as requested by PennDOT.So far, the township has painted new stop bars on Mine Road, and "two-way stop" signs are on order. The township p......
2007-10-17 20:35:00
MARCELLA PEYRE-FERRY, Correspondent
According to Colerain Township supervisors, it appears PennDOT will be doing road and draining work on Route 272 that PennDOT had previously expected the township to do.This summer, township officials balked when PennDOT indicated the township would be responsible for fixing the long-stand......
2007-10-17 20:16:00
ROXANNE TODD, Correspondent
East Drumore Township residents questioned supervisors Oct. 4 about the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's placement of a "signal ahead" sign on the south side of the new Buck intersection at Route 272 and Friendly Drive.Residents Fran Reining and Marie Kinch said th......
2007-10-12 01:35:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a cleanup plan for the Superfund site near the Susquehanna River in Columbia.Essentially, time and Mother Nature will do the work from this point forward, and the EPA will monitor their progress at the former UGI Columbia Gas Co. property on Fro......
2007-10-10 01:28:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
Get set to make one more stop.City Council on Tuesday night authorized staff to seek an application from PennDOT for a permit to install a traffic signal at South Lime and East Mifflin streets in the southeast section of the city.The installation of the signal is part of constructio......
2007-10-06 02:58:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Some would argue conservative southern Lancaster County has always resisted change, but when it comes to the realigned intersection of Routes 272 and 372 at the Buck, residents' refusal to adapt could wind up costing lives.A Drumore Township official pleaded Friday for residents to fol......
2007-10-03 20:11:00
SUSAN E. GRUBB, Correspondent
A monumental event quietly took place at 8 a.m. Tuesday when West Donegal Township reopened Foreman Road Bridge.Supervisor Charles Tupper and roadmaster Jeff Templin removed the signs and barricades from either end of the bridge that has been closed for about a dozen years.Tupper sa......
2007-09-27 11:25:00
RYAN ROBINSON, Staff writer
One bridge in the Ephrata area has been reopened to traffic, but another is closing. Work crews Friday night finished bridge deck repairs and reopened the North Reading Road (Route 272) bridge over Cocalico Creek, west of Reamstown in East Cocalico Township, according to the state Department of......
2007-09-27 02:24:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Some neighbors of a Little Chickies Creek tributary in Mount Joy Township don't want just any bridge traversing the water at Mount Pleasant Road.They want their old bridge back, just like it was in 2002 before arson destroyed the 130-year-old span.But little remains of the old R......
2007-09-27 02:07:00
LORI VAN INGEN, Staff
What had been called one of the worst intersections in Lancaster County became much safer Wednesday when the state opened a new, realigned intersection of Routes 272 and 372 at the Buck.Route 372 was rerouted 1,250 feet south to meet Friendly Drive at Route 272. Friendly Drive also was wid......
2007-09-26 18:59:00
ROCHELLE A. SHENK, Correspondent
Manheim Borough council unanimously granted approval Tuesday for Salem United Methodist Church to allow 170 youth to practice football on the church field.Council's approval enables Manheim Athletic Association midget football squads to conduct practices on the property along North Penn an......
2007-09-25 11:12:00
DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff
A major road-improvement project at one of Lancaster County's most dangerous intersections is taking a big step forward this week. On Wednesday morning, state and local officials will activate a new traffic signal at the intersection of Route 372 and Route 272 in the Buck, in the county&......
2007-09-23 00:18:00
GIL SMART, Associate editor
Paula Jackson remembers standing in an orange vest along South Queen Street near Engleside, flagging down truckers. Not that she needed a ride. She just wondered where they were headed. It was 2002, and city and county officials were concerned about truck traffic on Lancaster streets. Resi......
2007-09-22 12:26:00
TIM MEKEEL and CINDY STAUFFER
The new Lititz Pike bridge will follow a new route, PennDOT announced Friday, altering the path of one of the most heavily traveled roads in and out of Lancaster City. When it opens in four to six years, the $19 million replacement bridge will be angled to connect directly with Duke Street, eli......
2007-09-19 00:02:00
KIMBERLY MARSELAS, Correspondent
Ephrata Township officials won't stand in the way of an Advanced Auto Parts store on Main Street — at least not based on its parking lot.The board of supervisors have repealed a restriction it only recently imposed on left turns out of 741 E. Main St. because developer WXZ said Advan......
2007-09-15 03:12:00
BILL HANNEGAN, Staff
Plans for parkland development along the Susquehanna River estimated to cost $7 million will be unveiled at 10 a.m. Monday in Columbia Borough.Norm Meiskey, borough manager, said officials will gather at River Park to outline plans for more parking and construction of a boat ramp and a bui......
2007-09-14 01:14:00
PATRICK BURNS, Staff
Thanks, but no thanks.That's the message Gov. Ed Rendell's administration sent in answer to Sen. Arlen Specter's push to procure $11.2 million in federal funds for the proposed Corridor One rail project.On Sept. 7, at the Harrisburg Transportation Center, Specter said funding looked......
2007-09-13 11:27:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
A commuter in Maryland can get a look at the beltways around Baltimore and Washington without picking up the car keys. In Orlando, Fla., a motorist can get a look at downtown traffic congestion without ever leaving the driveway. Philadelphia commuters can see maps and video presentations s......
2007-09-13 01:13:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
The Route 30 East ramp onto Route 222 in Manheim Township was closed for more than five hours Wednesday morning when a tractor-trailer hauling 30,000 pounds of tires tipped onto its side.The truck's driver — 43-year-old William Mego of Stewartstown — was cited with two traffic ......
2007-09-12 02:28:00
BRETT HAMBRIGHT, Staff
Two construction workers were hospitalized Tuesday afternoon when a car struck them as they walked across a covered bridge in Little Britain Township, officials said.The one-vehicle crash happened about 2:20 p.m. on Pine Grove Covered Bridge on Ashville Road. The bridge — which was t......
2007-09-12 00:44:00
JUSTIN STOLTZFUS, Correspondent
Penn Township supervisors agreed Monday to participate in a statewide program intended to improve dangerous intersections.Township supervisor and roadmaster Daryl Lefever brought the program to the board's attention.He said the state offers to provide planning to municipalities at n......
2007-09-10 00:06:00
JOHN JASCOLL, correspondent
An Upper Leacock Township official said Thursday he was shocked and surprised by PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny's suggestion that there is a lack of local support for a Route 23 highway alternative.Supervisor chairman Ron Simmons said he was referring to a Lancaster Online article he rea......
2007-09-09 00:12:00
CRIS FOEHLINGER, Staff writer
Retired Navy Capt. Ed Davis was a hero. He not only survived 7½ years as a North Vietnamese prisoner of war and the torture that went with it, but he returned home to become a motivator and avid supporter of the American dream. To honor all Davis did in his 67 years before succumbin......
2007-09-08 00:52:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
A structurally unsafe bridge in East Hempfield Township has been closed for so long it's no longer represented on local maps.The one-lane bridge sits on a short, dog-legged stretch of Sylvan Road (formerly South Colebrook Road), just north of Harrisburg Pike.Two years ago, Penns......
2007-09-07 11:07:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
A new Route 23, if it ever happens, won't be built until 2012, the latest planning schedule shows. Consultants studying the project notified public officials this week — before two county commissioners expressed opposition to building a new road — that the timeline for the proje......
2007-09-07 01:17:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Nearly three decades ago, the state Department of Transportation was poised to build a Route 72 bypass around the city of Lebanon.Agency spokesman Greg Penny said the project, which seemed to have the support of the people, was on the fast track to construction.But when the Lebanon ......
2007-09-06 11:25:00
RYAN ROBINSON and ANYA LITVAK, Staff
Two county commissioners are dropping support for a new Route 23 in eastern Lancaster County. Commissioners Molly Henderson and Sharron Nelson said they planned to tell the state transportation department today that they do not want a new highway built. The commissioners' lack of su......
2007-09-05 03:19:00
MICHAEL YODER, Staff
Almost a third of county, municipal and privately owned Pennsylvania bridges have been found to be structurally deficient, and Lancaster County has its fair share.The state Department of Transportation on Tuesday released ...
2007-09-05 01:39:00
ANNIE GINDER, Correspondent
The state Department of Transportation last month addressed concerns over the upcoming Route 324 bridge replacement project.Residents at Martic Township's June 4 supervisor meeting expressed their opposition to the new bridge's design. They argued it would create traffic flow probl......
2007-09-01 12:35:00
TOM MURSE
Yo. Scofflaws. The days when you can just park your cars willy-nilly on city streets, shrug off the meters and tear up those small pink tickets tucked in your windshield wipers — and get away with it — appear to be numbered. Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray, working with state lawmake......
2007-08-30 11:21:00
TOM MURSE, Staff
Sheila Sabol, perhaps like any other longtime resident of the Mission Hill neighborhood in Manheim Township, can tell you plenty of tales of close calls, near misses and narrow escapes from the busy Oregon Pike. "I almost got hit just last week," she says. "I was stopped to ma......
2007-08-30 02:16:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Minor repairs will close a westbound lane today on Wright's Ferry Bridge.The heavily traveled bridge, which carries Route 30 over the Susquehanna River, is scheduled for repairs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mike Crochunis, assistant community relations coordinator for the state Department of Tra......
2007-08-29 00:34:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Marietta Borough resident Lois Elder-Haas is fed up with the state of West Fairview Avenue, which she claims is "disintegrating" with potholes, cracks and fissures.She's asking borough leaders to ignore the problems in hopes that the condition of Fairview between Waterford Av......
2007-08-28 11:50:00
TOM MURSE, Staff
Sue Wood walks across the Lititz Pike bridge every weekday morning to get to the Amtrak train station. She can tell you what kind of shape it's in just from her travels. "It looks, at least superficially, like it's in deteriorating condition. The cement and concrete is crumbling......
2007-08-28 01:55:00
DAVE PIDGEON, Staff
PennDOT's Web site for the first time is listing the safety ratings of 25,000 individual bridges, the state's highway administration announced Monday.The safety ratings are available at www.dot.state.pa.us.The ratings are brok......
2007-08-22 11:40:00
CHAD UMBLE, Staff
Bucking a positive trend in the state, alcohol-related traffic fatalities here spiked last year, giving Lancaster County the highest number of such deaths among all Pennsylvania counties. From 2005 to 2006, alcohol-related fatalities in Lancaster County rose 50 percent, from 18 to 27. In tha......
2007-08-22 01:38:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
Because of requirements relating to the Americans with Disabilities Act, the cost of an Amtrak station proposed for Paradise Township has soared to $10 million."We here in Paradise have no problems with the spirit of the Americans with Disabilities Act," supervisor Dennis Groff said. " &he......
2007-08-22 01:31:00
CINDY HUMMEL, Correspondent
Time has run out for the second phase of a Strasburg Borough development.At its Aug. 14 meeting, borough council voted 4-1 to deny an extension of time for Keystone Custom Homes to come into compliance with 41 conditions to proceed with the second phase of the Trails of Strasburg project....
2007-08-22 01:02:00
ROCHELLE A. SHENK, Correspondent
Traffic flow through Market Square in Manheim Borough could be improved, but the consequences include removal of 18 parking spaces or widespread disruption of traffic signals, council learned Aug. 14.Council heard Doug Plank, a traffic engineer with ELA Group, presented options for the int......
2007-08-15 01:53:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
Today we take stock of recent news events.After the deadly collapse of a "deficient" highway bridge near Minneapolis, it was revealed that 22 percent of Pennsylvania's bridges also are "deficient."On the upside, motorists can rest assured of their safety, say PennDOT officials, who ......
2007-08-15 01:43:00
MARC LEVY, Associated Press
Four of Pennsylvania's 54 deck truss bridges that carry motorists on state highways have serious deterioration, according to new information released Tuesday in the wake of Minnesota's deadly bridge collapse.After refusing for several months to release the bridge-safety ratings, th......
2007-08-15 00:36:00
JUSTIN STOLTZFUS, Correspondent
Traffic improvements along Doe Run Road expected to cost as much as $900,000 were discussed by Penn Township supervisors Monday.Supervisors agreed to pursue funding for a traffic signal and turn lanes at the entrance of Doe Run Partners L.P. shopping center which is anchored by Weis Market......
2007-08-15 00:18:00
ROCHELLE A. SHENK, Correspondent
Rapho Township supervisors discussed issues relating to traffic along Route 772 and development of Rapho Community Park July 19.The supervisors approved the installation of a traffic signal at Elmcrest Boulevard and Route 772. Elmcrest Boulevard is the main entrance drive to the mixed resi......
2007-08-15 00:08:00
WES BURDINE, Correspondent
After months of wishful thinking, Providence supervisors have resigned themselves to leaving Fairview Road in the hands of the state.The supervisors met with PennDOT officials last month to continue talks on transferring ownership of the road to the township.The transfer was to incl......
2007-08-15 00:03:00
ROXANNE TODD, Correspondent
The speed limit along the stretch of Route 222 in front of Solanco High School will remain 45 mph.During the Aug. 2 East Drumore Township supervisors meeting, supervisor Merril Carter said the results of a PennDOT traffic study showed a speed reduction is not warranted.The superviso......
2007-08-09 11:13:00
JENNA SPINELLE, Staff
For the past few months, Kathy DeHart and her co-workers at Country Pets Grooming Salon have had it easy. At least when it comes to getting in and out of work, anyway. The salon, 1027 Dillerville Road, is located just before the section of the road blocked off for construction of a new ......
2007-08-08 01:41:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
A state audit has revealed more than a quarter of a million dollars in "questionable expenditures" in Drumore Township.Depending on the final outcome of the discovery, it could be the township's third significant financial scandal in three years.The report by the state......
2007-08-08 01:23:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
An outdated one-lane bridge on Strasburg Pike was replaced with a $2.4 million two-lane span that planners say will relieve congestion and improve safety.•••The Mill Creek bridge, formerly a narrow bottleneck on the heavily traveled Str......
2007-08-07 01:57:00
P.J. REILLY, Staff
Traffic on Harrisburg and Manheim pikes on the western edge of Lancaster city should move a whole lot easier by week's end.PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny on Monday said that, barring any complications over the next two days, the section of Dillerville Road connecting the two pikes is exp......
2007-08-03 01:02:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
Nearly one in four of Pennsylvania's 25,000 state-owned bridges — 22 percent — have been deemed "structurally deficient," including 177 in Lancaster County alone.But in the aftermath of the deadly bridge collapse Wednesday in Minneapolis, PennDOT says motorists can rest assured......
2007-08-02 11:25:00
TOM MURSE, Staff
The stunning collapse of an eight-lane bridge over the Mississippi River has cast an intense light on the safety of such spans nationwide, including those in Pennsylvania. "We have bridges here that are very, very old, and I worry about them," said Jack McSherry Jr., a structural e......
2007-08-02 00:54:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
Residents of East Hempfield Township will see a 25 percent increase in their trash-and-recycling bill later this month.Township manager Robert Krimmel attributed the hike to higher hauling, landfill and recycling costs.Penn Waste, York, the township's current hauler, came in with th......
2007-08-01 11:06:00
DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff
It stretches from the heart of the cityscape, past Lancaster County's largest mall and other major traffic producers, and into the heart of the countryside. It's a major gateway into the city, "and it certainly has changed more than any other traffic corridor than I can think of......
2007-08-01 00:08:00
JOHN FRIEL, Correspondent
The West Earl Township Board of Supervisors flexed its regulatory muscle last month regarding Cloverbrook Developers' commercial site near Shaum's Corner.At a meeting July 23, supervisors voted to require Cloverbrook to deal with several long-standing issues at the site before the board si......
2007-08-01 00:06:00
TOM KNAPP, Staff
Elizabethtown College on July 19 received approval for construction of an addition to Thompson Gymnasium — but not before being chastised by borough officials for not following through on a promise for more thorough planning.Borough council ceded to requests from the college not to d......
2007-07-31 10:39:00
DAVID O’CONNOR, Staff
A public meeting to review the much-discussed Pequea Creek Bridge project in southern Lancaster County is planned for Wednesday afternoon at the Martic Township municipal building. Representatives from the state Transportation Department will be reviewing the plans for a new bridge, and the pub......
2007-07-30 20:05:00
STAFF REPORT
PennDOT will kick off a Fruitville Pike-Route 772 resurfacing project Tuesday morning that will cause traffic delays between Manheim and East Petersburg boroughs.Construction crews will begin cleaning, grubbing, road base repair and other site preparation for the resurfacing project along ......
2007-07-25 11:20:00
JENNA SPINELLE, Staff
Five years after a fire destroyed Risser's Mill Bridge, its neighbors will gather this weekend to look back on the past and discuss the site's future. Mount Joy Township resident Bill Longenecker purchased the bridge's charred remnants after arson struck it on July 8, 2002. ......
2007-07-21 00:48:00
BRETT LOVELACE, Staff
A 22-year-old Narvon woman will face trial for allegedly dozing off at the wheel of a car in November and causing a crash that killed a man.Shaunda Marie Yarnell waived a preliminary hearing Friday before District Judge Nancy G. Hamill.Yarnell is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 29 in......
2007-07-19 11:14:00
PAUL FRANZ, Staff
Construction of the Strasburg Pike bridge over Mill Creek is expected to be complete by mid-August according to the state Department of Transportation. "It looks like we're on schedule," said PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny. The last portion of new concrete was poured this we......
2007-07-18 01:48:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
It's summertime and Central Penn AAA is reminding drivers to "share the road" with horse-drawn buggies."With the summer months here and more and more drivers on the road, we feel that it is extremely important to remind all drivers to be careful out there," said Dor......
2007-07-17 01:10:00
ROCHELLE A. SHENK, Correspondent
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission promised July 11 to work with police and municipal officials to improve traffic flow in the area of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire.A meeting of public officials and the Rapho Township entertainment attraction was held in the wake of a June 23 crash ......
2007-07-13 16:40:00
STAFF REPORT
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved three major projects for Lancaster County, including more than $11 million for a high-speed rail service between Lancaster and Harrisburg.U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, a member of the Appropriations Committee, and junior Sen. Bob Casey Jr. a......
2007-07-10 01:48:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
Lancaster Township supervisors gave conditional final approval Monday night to a plan to expand the Giant supermarket at Stone Mill Plaza on Columbia Avenue.The plan, which has been in the pipeline for about 12 months, will enlarge the 48,283-square-foot store by about 30,000 square feet, ......
2007-07-07 01:07:00
PETER JACKSON, Associated Press
A meeting between legislative leaders and top aides to Gov. Ed Rendell broke up Friday night without a deal on the state budget. That means "noncritical" state workers face a furlough without pay at 12:01 a.m. Monday.•••On what could be......
2007-07-06 13:15:00
BERNARD HARRIS, Staff
Late next month, Franklin & Marshall College is due to reopen for the semester and to open the doors on its new College Row student building. For F&M, the opening of the $30 million building will bring nearly all of its students into college housing. For local motorists, it mean......
2007-07-06 01:22:00
PETER JACKSON, Associated Press
Only days before more than 24,000 state employees could be furloughed because of a state budget impasse, agencies that would be hardest-hit scrambled Thursday to alert Pennsylvanians to the potential closings of 120 state parks and scores of motor-vehicle licensing centers across the state....
2007-07-01 00:16:00
GIL SMART, Associate editor
Hours before the Celtic Fling, Scott Bowser knew the traffic would be bad. Bowser, general manager of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire in Rapho Township, has described the festival as "our D-Day." This year, online ticket sales were "pretty heavy. We knew it was going to be bus......
2007-07-01 00:15:00
GIL SMART, Associate editor
When Clipper Magazine Stadium opened to cheers, members of the Bring Back Baseball Committee were hailed for their efforts and their success. And it was a success. But it was one, said Jack Howell, that was 15 years in coming. Neither Rome nor minor league ballparks, nor any other community ame......
2007-06-29 12:27:00
ANYA LITVAK
Shenitta Harris radiated a seriously bright shade of orange on Thursday when she came to CareerLink's Identification Clinic at 9 a.m. Fluorescent T-shirt, bag and shoelaces to match. Even her heavy chandelier earrings seemed to scream "Here I Am!" Who is she? That depends whi......
2007-06-22 01:43:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
Work on the much-traveled Dillerville Road multispan bridge is on schedule and should be completed as planned in mid-August, officials said Thursday.Crews placed beams last week and will pour concrete for a bridge deck next Wednesday, PennDOT spokesman Greg Penny said Thursday.Pavin......
2007-06-12 01:03:00
JENNIFER TODD, Staff
A parking dispute in a Lancaster Township neighborhood seems to have spurred a local company to invest in the safety of its tenants.IBS Development Corp. recently announced plans to create a pedestrian crosswalk spanning Columbia Avenue between Race Avenue and West Street.Eastern Al......
2007-05-31 01:00:00
RACHEL FETROW, Staff
The 87th annual Lancaster County Firemen's Association parade will snake through Manheim Township Saturday, closing a major road for part of the afternoon.A portion of Lititz Pike (Route 501) will be closed from 1:30 to approximately 4:30 p.m. to accommodate the parade, which will feat......
2007-05-24 00:01:00
ROBERTA STRICKLER, Staff
Ah, so Italian."Scooterists," as they sometimes call themselves, insist that owning a motor scooter is all about having an insouciant air of fun and adventure. The movies. The glamour. The classic designs.But what do they talk about most?Gas mileage.Owners of......
2007-05-17 02:08:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
A new bridge will be built within four years to carry Lititz Pike over Amtrak rail lines, but what it will look like — and even where it might be located — are still uncertain.To gather public input on the process, PennDOT hosted a public meeting Wednesday at Liberty Place'......
2007-05-16 02:35:00
LARRY ALEXANDER, Staff
The aging bridge that carries Lititz Pike over the Amtrak lines and into Lancaster is slated to be replaced, and state officials want input from motorists and pedestrians concerning what the new span will look like.The state Department of Transportation will hold an open house tonight, inv......
2007-05-15 13:54:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Should a future Lititz Pike bridge have architectural details that complement the nearby train station? Should it be a matching bookend to the Fruitville Pike bridge? Should it have sidewalks on both sides or bicycle lanes? Those are some of the questions that will be raised in an ini......
2007-05-09 13:06:00
JAMES BUESCHER, Correspondent
A public meeting presenting details on a possible $150 million Route 30 improvement project in eastern Lancaster County has been moved back at least two months, according to a project engineer. That means residents will have to wait until late summer to learn if their property will be affected ......
2007-05-03 13:43:00
Staff Report
The county commissioners awarded $1.5 million in municipal transportation grants Wednesday, to support 12 separate projects and fund the Red Rose Transit Authority. The meeting also decided the fate of the facade of the old almshouse at Conestoga View Nursing Home. Complete HealthCare Resou......
2007-05-03 13:41:00
Staff Report
The Stone Quarry Road bridge, over Route 222 in West Earl Township, was reopened to traffic Tuesday after being closed for repairs since April 9. Although Stone Quarry Road is a township road, the bridge is owned and maintained by the state Department of Transportation. The work is part of......
2007-04-27 14:09:00
Staff Report
Both eastbound and westbound Route 283 will be restricted to a single lane near Interstate 283, Industrial Road and Lumber Street in Dauphin County beginning at 8 tonight. The traffic restrictions will continue through the weekend until 5 a.m. Monday as workers make repairs to bridges over thos......
2007-04-24 14:22:00
AD CRABLE
Hang onto your horn. Dillerville Road has been closed 12 days now and there has been nary a traffic jam, officials say. No more than usual, anyway, on the busy Harrisburg and Manheim pikes, which are absorbing the 18,000 vehicles a day that used the busy Dillerville cutover. Route 30 completes ......
2007-04-24 12:48:00
BERNARD HARRIS
Motorists who wait for the end of the morning rush on Wednesday before driving on Route 222 near Ephrata may find their trip taking a little longer. Workers are slated to close one lane in each direction on the limited-access roadway — restricting the road to one lane each way — beg......
2007-04-21 22:44:00
GIL SMART, Associate editor
Stop us if you've heard this one before. PennDOT and the construction company are at each others' throats. The major bypass project is running behind, the firm is being fined thousands of dollars a day, but claiming the delays aren't its fault. Nearby business owners are fuming. And......
2007-04-18 13:38:00
Staff report
News for motorists using Columbia Avenue: It's going to get worse before it gets better. In addition to the ongoing daytime road work being done on Route 462, contractors working for the state Transportation Department will be working tonight, Thursday and Friday nights &tstr; weather p......
2007-04-18 01:25:00
Staff Report
Motorists traveling to Harrisburg International Airport from points east will be detoured beginning Monday as crews repair the airport's connector-road bridge.The bridge, which spans Route 283 in Middletown, is expected to be closed for two months, according to a press release issued T......
2007-04-13 14:32:00
CHAD UMBLE
Work crews closed a portion of Dillerville Road overnight as construction began on four bridges on the half-mile stretch between Harrisburg and Manheim pikes. The $7.6 million project is replacing one circa-1937 bridge and reconstructing three other spans above the Amtrak railroad tracks at the......
2007-04-13 02:34:00
Jennifer Todd, Staff
For the next several months, navigating the area northwest of Lancaster city may be a bit of a challenge for motorists.Early this morning, crews were expected to close a well-traveled portion of Dillerville Road between Harrisburg and Manheim pikes to begin a $7.5 million bridge reconstruc......
2007-04-11 01:04:00
James Buescher, Correspondent
The possibility that any future expansion of East Donegal Township's GlaxoSmithKline plant might require the closure of a major route into and out of neighboring Marietta Borough has driven a wedge between the two municipalities.Following a raucous public meeting Tuesday, however, it a......
2007-04-10 14:02:00
CHAD UMBLE, Staff writer
A well-traveled link between the city and Manheim Township will close for four months beginning Friday, as demolition work starts on several bridges, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said. A $7.6 million construction project on Dillerville Road between Harrisburg and Manheim pikes ......
2007-03-25 00:06:00
GIL SMART, Associate Editor
Gov. Ed Rendell was in town last week to drum up support for his plan to fix Pennsylvania's bridges and road, which includes a proposal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike to a private company. The deal could generate billions. But the details, so far, are being kept secret. And state offici......
2007-03-17 01:16:00
Larry Alexander, Staff
Old Man Winter dumped several inches of snow and sleet Friday on Lancaster County residents who, just earlier this week, were thinking spring.Friday's high temperature of 34 degrees was a far cry from the 79 degrees residents enjoyed Wednesday. At midweek, a mass of warm, moist air sta......
2007-03-12 08:38:00
Larry Alexander, Staff
The temperature's warming, and the snow is melting away.That means it's time for those sure signs of spring — the orange traffic cone and the "Flagman Ahead" sign — to start popping up on area roadways.Motorists who travel Route 462, Route 372 and Ronks......
2007-03-11 00:03:00
GIL SMART, associate editor
The snow hasn't been plowed to the end of Historic Drive in Strasburg. Small piles rest 50 feet or so from the edge of the pavement that stops just past the Netherlands Inn. Beyond are the snow-covered farm fields, a silo, Lancaster County farmland as it is presented on postcards. W......
2007-03-09 02:49:00
Jennifer Todd, Staff
A $19.3 million plan to revamp a highway interchange in East Hempfield Township has lingered on the backburner for years, but its time finally may have come.At Wednesday night's board of supervisors meeting, consultant Glenn Taggart of Taggart Associates gave an update on the bill for ......
2007-03-03 02:07:00
James Buescher, Correspondent
A federal agency has rejected a $2.4 million Amtrak railroad station proposed for Paradise Township because of concerns the site would limit access for people with disabilities.Officials have hired an engineering firm to consider alternative sites in the township for the long-awaited stati......
2007-03-02 03:24:00
Brett Lovelace, Staff
A Lancaster County judge has upheld the $2 million judgment a jury awarded the widow of a PennDOT worker who was killed almost six years ago on Route 41 by a motorist who had a suspended license.Judge Paul K. Allison issued the ruling Wednesday after listening during a December hearing to ......
2007-02-28 01:26:00
Larry Alexander, Staff
Lancaster City Council is considering taking on $140 million in debt.Patrick Hopkins, the city's business administrator, unveiled Mayor Rick Gray's capital-improvement plan, a multiyear blueprint to enhance city services, Tuesday."Almost 80 percent of the total bond iss......
2007-02-26 13:29:00
AD CRABLE
After the Valentine's Day storm, Sunday's "slushy mess" of snow, sleet and freezing rain was viewed as more of a nuisance around Lancaste
