Shapiro Administration Investment to Make Route 33 Safety Improvements Nearly Four Years Faster than Planned

Route 33 project will go out for bid in fall 2026 instead of spring 2030.

Following record $3.3 billion in construction contracts going out for bid statewide in 2025, the project will be part of another anticipated record-breaking year of construction bids.

Under Governor Josh Shapiro’s Administration, 19,313 miles of roadway have been improved and work has advanced on 1,661 state and local bridges.

Stroudsburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll today announced that safety improvements on Route 33 in Monroe County will happen nearly four years faster due to a new $13.2 million federal funding commitment from the department.

“The Shapiro Administration is focused not only on improving our roads and bridges, but also on making investments that make it safer to travel in Pennsylvania,” Carroll said. “I’m pleased that we can build on work already completed under this administration to accelerate even more safety improvements on this roadway.”

The project involves installing a concrete median barrier, roadway milling, concrete patching, paving, guide rail upgrades, drainage improvements, and pavement markings on Route 33 from Lower Cherry Valley Road to Bossardsville Road in Hamilton Township, Monroe County. Instead of going out for bid in April 2030, the project will go out for bid in September 2026 and is estimated to be completed in summer 2028.

The enhancements build on a project completed in 2024 that included median shoulder construction and median barrier upgrades, installed guide rail on the outer shoulder, and installed shoulder rumble strips from the Monroe/Northampton County line to Saylorsburg.

The estimated $13.2 million in federal funding will be invested through the statewide Secretary’s Discretionary program which allows the department and regional planning partners to advance much-needed projects in addition to other regional priorities on the state’s 12-year transportation program.

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