TRAVEL ADVISORY
SOUTHERN TIER BRIDGE PAINTING
ALLEGANY, CHEMUNG AND STEUBEN COUNTIES
The New York State Department of Transportation today
announced that PCI International, Inc. of Tonawanda, New York will begin
region-wide bridge painting work on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 on various State
routes in the Towns of Avoca, Amity, Fremont, Horseheads, Howard, Lindley and
Van Etten. The duration of this work is expected to last approximately 5
months, with work anticipated to be completed October 31, 2017.
The scope of work for this project will consist of steel
bridge painting. Impacts to motorists will be minimal while this work is taking
place, with traffic being maintained by lane closures in one lane. It is
imperative that motorists remember to drive carefully through the many highway
and bridge construction zones that they will encounter this season.
Motorists are reminded that fines are doubled for speeding
in a work zone. In accordance with the
Work Zone Safety Act of 2005, convictions of two or more speeding violations in
a work zone could result in the suspension of an individual’s driver license.
