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State’s Lower Pottsgrove Project Delays Another In West

Rebuilding the Armand Hammer Boulevard interchange in Lower Pottsgrove likely will delay for years similar work in Stowe, and possibly the proposed extension of Keystone Boulevard as well.

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Survey Confirms Many MontCo Eyes On The Road Daily

Census Bureau statistics released Tuesday show the largest number of workers commuting into Philadelphia from outside the city are Montgomery County residents … which in part explains the state of U.S. Route 422.

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Reach For Commuting Aspirin; More 422 Delays Ahead

Drivers on U.S. Route 422 between its Sanatoga and Route 724 interchanges can expect a full month of lane restrictions during March.

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Local Senator Ups State Transportation Ante By A Billion

Pottstown’s representative in the state Senate, John Rafferty, thinks Gov. Corbett’s proposal to fund transportation improvements in Pennsylvania by $1.7 billion annually is too low. He’s hoping to bump that figure up by another billion to solve a variety of infrastructure problems.

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Local Senator Favors PA Turnpike Debt Relief Proposal

Local Sen John Rafferty favors repeal of a state law to reduce the debt burden carried by the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but it’s unlikely to help toll-paying motorists for years to come.

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422 Reconstruction Picks Up Day After Christmas

After observing the Christmas holiday, contractors working on the reconstruction of U.S. Route 422 across Lower Pottsgrove will be back the nights of Dec. 26-30. Expect at least one eastbound lane to be closed then.

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Electronic Toll Billing, And A Busy Road. Nope, It’s Not 422

Say goodbye to manned toll booths on the Pennsylvania Turnpike within five years. Its commissioners plan to use an electronic tolling system, similar to one discussed last year in the doomed U.S. Route 422 tolling proposal.

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Thanks, Boss, But Wish You Could Have Told Me Sooner

A Pottstown resident gets good news during Hurricane Sandy; she doesn’t have to come into work. Unfortunately, she was headed to work at the time. Of such life snippets videos are made.

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A Road You Can See, But Not Drive, Outside Pottstown

A transportation contractor is building an only-slightly-secret highway to get repair work started on U.S. Route 422 just east of the borough.

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Area Police Reimbursed For 422 Traffic Calming Work

The contractor working to renovate bridges and roads on U.S. Route 422 through Lower Pottsgrove is paying its township police department for temporary assistance in traffic calming.

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