Kathy Liebler
                        Director of Public Information


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          Contact: Patricia L. Bodack (412)925-5018                         September 13, 1996

TRAFFIC ADVISORY

        The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is advising motorists of lane reductions and a speed limit reduction on Interstate 70 Westbound between Speers (EXIT 16) and Lover (EXIT 14) beginning Monday, September 16, 1996 through Thursday, October 31, 1996.
        Traffic will be restricted to one lane in the first few days of this project to reset the lanes, as well as in the last few days of the project, to set them back to normal.
        The left lane is being reduced to an 11-foot lane, and the right lane is being reduced to a 10-foot lane. The speed limit will be reduced to 45 M.P.H. in the construction area through the duration of the project.
        Acceleration and deceleration lanes for ramps from I-70 to SR43 are being constructed as part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's Mon/Fayette Expressway Project between I-70 and SR51.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN THIS AREA AND REMEMBER TO GIVE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE HIGHWAY WORKERS A "BRAKE".

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