Route 476 commuters have been encountering construction and traffic throughout this fall semester and want to know when the set-backs will end.
PennDOT, which stands for Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, has set up multiple construction areas throughout our area. One of the many troublesome areas being the Blue Route on I-476. Crews have been working on the Southbound side of I-76 and Route 30 and Northbound between route 3 and Montgomery Avenue. Lane closures have been in effect from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. The reason for this construction is for roadway reconstruction, bridge maintenance and paving.
Abby Knight, a sophomore and early childhood education major at Cabrini College, expressed her frustration with the traffic from Friday, Sept. 12 on the bus ride to and from Cabrini’s Night at the Phillies event, which took place at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. “On Friday when we left for the Phillies game there was traffic. We left around 5:15p.m. and got to the stadium around 6:30p.m. After the game, we left around 10 and got back around 11. The traffic on our way to the game was not bad because I was having fun talking to everyone, but on the way back it was annoying because I wanted to go to bed.”
Molly Fox, a commuter and senior at Cabrini College, has also had issues with the road ways. She, too, takes route I-476 on her way to classes.“There is always traffic when I’m on I-476 no matter what time of the day. I was late for my first day of classes.”
Mohammed Komach, a sophomore and business major, also commutes to classes at Cabrini College. Komach said he usually takes public transportation and does not experience too much traffic.
Construction started in August and will continue throughout the fall. Projects in which PennDOT have previously started or will begin to start working on for the fall and their locations include Northbound travel lanes between Route 3 and U.S. Route 30 interchanges in Delaware County, Northbound right lane from the Delaware County line to the Montgomery Avenue overpass, Northbound middle lane in Montgomery County, Southbound right lane from the County Line Road overpass to the Route 30 Interchange in Delaware County, Southbound middle and right lanes from just south of the Marple Road overpass to the Route 3 Interchange in Delaware County, Southbound middle lane at Marple Road in Delaware County, Southbound acceleration lane and right lane from the Interstate 76 East on-ramp to the Delaware County line.
