EXETER TWP, Pa.\u00a0– Drivers traveling westbound on Route 422 near Reading should expect delays this week as PennDOT crews repair and repave several sections of the highway.<\/p>\n
According to PennDOT, a 24-hour lane restriction began Monday, Oct. 19, and is expected to remain in place through Friday, Oct. 23. The restriction affects westbound Route 422 between Brentwood Drive and Interstate 176 in Berks County.<\/p>\n
The construction has already caused headaches for some commuters. David Rhoads, who drove Route 422 daily for years before retiring, said construction-related delays can make it difficult to arrive on time.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a doctor’s appointment, I’d have to leave maybe 20, 30 minutes early just to account for that,\u201d Rhoads said.<\/p>\n
Rhoads said he was able to avoid the worst of the traffic by exiting onto Interstate 176 before reaching the backup.<\/p>\n
PennDOT District Press Officer Sean Brown said the work is needed to address potholes and improve the roadway.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnyone who drives this roadway knows that there’s potholes all over the place that we need to be able to fix,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to be able to get out there and repair this for all the motorists out there on a more permanent basis,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
PennDOT advises motorists to use caution and expect delays while the work is underway.<\/p>\n
The lane restriction is scheduled to move to another section of westbound Route 422 next week. From Monday, Oct. 26, through Friday, Oct. 30, crews are expected to restrict traffic around the clock between Penn and Bingaman streets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXETER TWP, Pa.\u00a0– Drivers traveling westbound on Route 422 near Reading should expect delays this week as PennDOT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[214,128,130,129,213],"class_list":["post-310178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-reading-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}