Monday, May 6, 2013
PennDOT is adding new on and off ramps between the highway and Route 228.
Traffic alert! The construction taking place to link new on and off ramps between I-79 and Route 228 in Cranberry will continue to affect motorists this week. Monday, May 6 through Thursday, May 9, nighttime single lane restrictions will be in place on Freedom Road to relocate underground utility lines. Work will take place between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. each day. In the hopes of alleviating traffic in the area, PennDOT is adding new northbound and southbound on-ramps leading from Route 228 to Interstate 79. The $14.78 project eliminates two turning movements from Route 228 to I-79, improving access for motorists. Included in the construction are a new northbound on-ramp, a new southbound loop ramp and the reconstruction of the southbound off-…
Friday, May 3, 2013
There will be lane closures in place throughout the weekend and next week.
If you've driven down Route 228 in Cranberry lately, you’ve surely noticed the bulldozers moving dirt around near the highway. Now, the construction taking place to link new on and off ramps between I-79 and Route 228 is expected to affect motorists. The PennDOT work begins at 9 p.m. Friday, May 3 and will continue throughout Saturday, May 4. To accommodate the construction, which involves removing the roadway’s concrete medians, the passing lanes on Route 228 will be closed in both directions. The lanes on Route 19 and Freedom Road, which feed those closed lanes, will be closed while work is underway. More night work also is on deck for next week. Monday, May 6 through Thursday, May 9, nighttime single lane restrictions will be in …
Monday, March 11, 2013
Traffic alert! How and when the road work will after you.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Changing traffic patterns will be in place when the project starts up in March.
As PennDOT’s plans to add new northbound and southbound on-ramps leading from Route 228 to Interstate 79 get under way, some of the construction will affect motorists. New traffic patterns will be in place on Route 228 east and west and on Route 19 south and Freedom Road in Cranberry soon to facilitate night work. The traffic pattern changes begin Monday, March 11 from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. and will continue Monday through Friday for two weeks until the work is complete. Start times for the night work may be adjusted depending on traffic volumes. Construction may start as early as 8 p.m. after March 11, a statement from PennDOT said. Traffic will return to normal patterns during daylight hours, Monday through Friday. The night work …
Saturday, March 2, 2013
The new ramps leading to I-79 are expected to increase traffic flow in the area.
You’ve seen the orange cones and the bulldozers moving around earth in the area for months, now PennDOT’s plans to add new northbound and southbound on-ramps leading from Route 228 to Interstate 79 are really about to “ramp up.” “It’s going to result in more efficient travel through the area and less congestion,” said Mark Rozich, project manager for PennDOT District 10. The PennDOT project eliminates two turning movements from Route 228 to I-79, improving access for motorists. Included in the construction are a new northbound on-ramp, a new southbound loop ramp and the reconstruction of the southbound off-ramp at the interchange of I-79 and Route 228. Currently, westbound drivers on Route 228 who want to get on I-79 must turn left across…
Friday, January 11, 2013
Developers unveil conceptual plans for the cutting-edge sports medicine facility and rink to Cranberry Township’s Planning Commission.
With the NHL lockout over, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey is back. And if you can’t catch the team’s star players on the ice, you may soon see them in Cranberry Township. At a Planning Advisory Commission meeting in Cranberry earlier this week, UPMC and Pittsburgh Penguins took a tentative step closer to partnering on the construction of a cutting-edge sports complex in the community. Representatives on Tuesday presented revised concept drawings for the Village of Cranberry Woods, a five-phase plan that includes two hotels, apartments, townhouses and retail space. Taking up a large chunk of the site along Route 228 will be the UPMC/Pens performance center and practice rink. The complex aims to be similar to the UPMC sports performance complex …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Steelers linebacker Larry Foote and Pitt basketball coach Jamie Dixon will be among the celebrities at the store's festivities.
Pine-Richland residents will have a chance to get up close and personal with local professional athletes and coaches this weekend at the grand opening of the new Dick’s Sporting Goods. Located in the Cranberry Crossroads plaza along Route 228, the two-story, freestanding store opens its doors Wednesday. An official launch, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony, will be held at 8 a.m. Friday. Special extended store hours will be in effect for Friday (8 a.m. to 10 p.m.), Saturday (8 a.m. to 10 p.m.) and Sunday (9 a.m. to 8 p.m.) A variety of special athlete appearances and giveaways are scheduled throughout the weekend to celebrate the relocation. Dick’s is moving from the space it occupied for years in the Cranberry Square retail plaza on …
Sunday, September 16, 2012
PennDOT is replacing a structurally deficient two-lane bridge with a five-lane edifice.
Big changes are coming to Route 228 in Adams Township—and it will have an effect on area commuters. On Monday, PennDOT begins replacing the two-lane bridge over the CSX/B&O Railroad with a new five-lane edifice. The current bridge, which was built in 1961, is structurally deficient, according to PennDOT. It carries about 16,122 vehicles per day on it, PennDOT said. The $12.64 million project includes the replacement of the two-lane structure carrying Route 228 over the CSX/B&O Railroad with a two-span, continuous, composite steel multi-girder, five-lane structure. There also will be improvements at the intersection of Route 228 and Mars-Valencia Road and a culvert extension over Breakneck Creek south of Mars Borough in Adams Township. …
Monday, August 20, 2012
The owner of a motor home received a minor burn on his arm.
Fire destroyed a pair of recreational vehicles parked at the Rent-a-Space self-storage facility off Route 228 and Dutilh Road in Cranberry Sunday afternoon. Fire chief Brian Kovac said the owner of one of the RVs was working on the engine at about 1 p.m. when it caught fire. The man, whose name Kovac did not know, tried to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher, but the extinguisher did not work, Kovac said. When the man returned with another extinguisher, flames already had engulfed the vehicle, Kovac said. The fire also destroyed a second motor home parked next to the first recreational vehicle. The fire did not affect the self-storage unit buildings. Kovac said the RV owner received a minor burn on his arm. He was treated by EMS …
Saturday, August 4, 2012
The driver who crashed in the Lane Bryant store at Cranberry Commons Mall has been identified as 19-year-old Lagene Lawson.
Investigators have identified the driver who fatally shot himself early Saturday morning after police pursued him into the parking lot of the Cranberry Commons shopping center as 19-year-old Lagene Lawson, of New Castle. Cranberry Police Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said Adams Township police attempted to stop the driver around 3:15 a.m. after the man sped past an officer near Mars Area High School on Route 228. “The driver refused to stop for the officer and was pursed into Cranberry Township,” Mascellino said in a statement. “Cranberry Township police officers were approaching the area of Route 228 to assist the Adams Township officer when the vehicle turned into the Cranberry Commons shopping center.” After entering the shopping center, the …
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Steve Smalls
3:14 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
What a waste of money. In this day and age do we need to be spending that? You can get on 79 from 228 to go either direction already. You can go from 228 to 79 in either direction too. What a waste of taxpayer dollars more ›