Clearfield, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced the start of a highway restoration project on Route 646 in Keating Township, McKean County. This project will improve ride quality and extend the life of approximately three miles of highway between Ormsby and Cyclone. 

Preliminary survey work started yesterday, March 4. PennDOT urges drivers to watch for surveyors in the roadway, exercise caution in this and all work zones, obey posted speed limits, and always buckle up. 

Starting the week of March 11, the contractor will begin tree-cutting work within the project limits. It will complete that work during daylight hours. Drivers may encounter short delays as flaggers enforce an alternating traffic pattern. They should remain alert for flaggers and slow-moving or stopped traffic. PennDOT expects tree-cutting work to take about two weeks. 

Once the contractor has finished tree cutting, the contractor will move on to the resurfacing portion of the project. Traffic control for this portion will again consist of flaggers in the roadway enforcing an alternating traffic pattern. 

Overall work on the project includes milling, paving, drainage improvements, sidewalk installation, and miscellaneous construction. PennDOT anticipates the contractor completing the project in early November. All work is weather dependent. 

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.