Kathy Liebler
                        Director of Public Information


C   O   M   M   I   S   S   I   O   N                N   E   W   S             R   E   L   E   A   S   E   

  Contact:  Joe Agnello, (724) 755-5262, (724) 755-5142 fax
                  jagnello@paturnpike.com

July 2, 1999


TRAFFIC ADVISORY:
RESURFACING OF COAL VALLEY ROAD #2 NEAR SOUTH HILLS
HEALTH CENTER IN JEFFERSON HILLS BOROUGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY

Effective Tuesday, July 6 and continuing through Friday, July 9, 1999, during daylight hours only, traffic coming on and off Coal Valley Road #2 at Pa. Route 51 will be restricted to an alternating single lane.

The restrictions are needed to allow for resurfacing at the reconstructed intersection.

Some 200 feet of Coal Valley Road #2 east of Route 51 is being widened to improve turning space and provide a left-turn lane for vehicles accessing Route 51 South.

Police officers will control traffic flow at each end of the work zone.

The reconstruction of the intersection is part of an $18 million upgrade of 2.3 miles of Route 51 in Jefferson Hills to make the highway more accommodative to traffic that will be moving on and off the new Mon/Fayette Expressway.

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