Improvement Concepts Identified For Route 28 Corridor

The Southwestern Pennsylvania
Commission (SPC), in partnership with regional partner, today announced the
completion of the Route 28 Corridor Study, outlining forty multimodal
improvements between Kittanning and Interstate 80 (I-80). 

SPC, in partnership with the Northwest Pennsylvania Commission; North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission; Armstrong, Clarion and Jefferson Counties; the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Engineering District 10-0 and its consultant team, recently concluded the study of the approximately 40-mile corridor with the release of the study’s Final Report.

The study of the
approximately 40-mile corridor was initiated in December 2019.  The purpose of the study was to explore
transportation improvement concepts that could be implemented to achieve local
and regional goals. To do so, the consultant team worked closely with the
study’s Steering Committee and employed an extensive data collection
effort.  The work included examining
previous studies; engaging the public and local stakeholders; gathering
existing roadway, traffic, and safety data; and an analysis of future growth
and traffic information.

As a result, forty corridor
improvement concepts were developed to address identified areas of concern. Those
concepts include a variety of improvement types, including:

• Intersection
  realignments
• Roadway
  reconstruction
• Flattening
  of horizontal and vertical curves
• Trail
  safety enhancements
• Improved
  signage and delineation
• Corridor-wide
  systematic uniform improvements consisting of advanced curve and intersection
  treatments, high friction pavement surfaces, and lane departure warnings using
  center and edgeline rumble strips

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