ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Lehigh Valley Planning Commission has received five proposals from contractors for work on the Route 22: Mobility, Safety and Congestion Management Plan.
LVPC Executive Director Becky A. Bradley disclosed the information during the commission’s Transportation Planning Committee meeting Thursday.
The proposals were received by the Oct. 3 deadline. They are being reviewed by LVPC.
The Route 22: Mobility, Safety and Congestion Management Plan is a comprehensive study initiated by the LVPC to study traffic issues on a 23-mile section of Route 22, from Interstate 78 to the New Jersey border.
“We’re reviewing (the proposals) now and we expect it will take a few months to make a selection and get a contract.”Becky A. Bradley, executive director, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
More than 100,000 vehicles daily travel Route 22 in the Lehigh Valley. Widening the major artery is a major part of the plan to ease traffic congestion.
The Route 22 study is being funded by a $1 million grant from the state Transportation Department secured by state Sen. Nick Miller, D-Lehigh/Northampton.
It will look at congestion relief, safety, mobility, environmental quality and economic growth.
“We got a decent response from qualified firms,” Bradley said. “We’re reviewing them now and we expect it will take a few months to make a selection and get a contract.”
LVPC will meet with local governments and have dialogues and workshops with utility owners about road and bridge conditions, Bradley said.
“Updates will be coming in January,” she said. “This will be a robust engagement effort.”
