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Delays expected between Hopwood and Uniontown soon

By Steve Ferris 3 min read

Drivers can expect some delays on Route 40 for the next three or four weeks starting Monday while a Department of Transportation contractor mills and resurfaces the road from Hopwood through Uniontown. Milling work starts Monday at 6:30 or 7 a.m. at the Hopwood-Fairchance Road intersection and will continue through Hopwood and downtown Uniontown to the Route 119 bypass in South Union Township.

The milling crew will then start on Fayette Street in Uniontown.

Resurfacing is scheduled to start at the Hopwood-Fairchance Road intersection Wednesday.

John Dzurko, project manager for contractor Golden Eagle Construction of Uniontown, said the paving crew is scheduled to start two days behind the milling crew.

He said rain won’t delay the milling operation, but it can cause delays for the paving crew.

“The milling alone will probably take six to 10 days. When the milling is two days ahead, we’ll start paving behind them. Weather won’t affect milling, but paving is definitely affected by weather,” Dzurko said.

If the weather does not force any delays, the project will be finished in three weeks, he said, noting that spring rains could stretch the work to four weeks.

Work will end at 5 or 6 p.m.

Traffic will be periodically restricted to one lane around the workers, and Dzurko asks drivers to be patient and use caution in work areas. He said the road will not be closed during the project.

“Traffic will continue to flow. There will be intermittent restrictions, but traffic will flow – no shutdowns,” he said.

The tentative schedule calls for the milling crew to reach the eastern border of Uniontown on Wednesday and then spend two days removing the existing road surface in downtown before the paving crew follows behind.

Michael Kisko, PennDOT roadway programs coordinator, said Golden Eagle is responsible for traffic control under the contract. He said plans do not include detouring Main Street traffic onto Church Street.

Dzurko said the crews will need access to the entire width of the roadway, so people will not be able to park on Main Street during the operation.

He said other temporary parking restrictions will be in place during the work.

“We’re going to try to do this project with the least amount of inconvenience,” Dzurko said.

The project calls for removal of 2 inches of existing asphalt and resurfacing with 2 inches of asphalt.

Seven or eight workers will comprise the mill crew, and eight to 10 trucks will be used haul away the old asphalt, Dzurko said.

The paving crew consists of about 12 employees, not including truck drivers.

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