Uniontown, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 12 is announcing that reconstruction of the Greene Street (Route 19/21) and Richhill Street (Route 19) intersection is scheduled to begin Monday morning, June 3, in Waynesburg Borough, Greene County.

A single-lane restriction will be in place on Greene Street (Route 19/21) between Spring Street and Blackberry Alley, and a short section of South Richhill Street will be closed between Greene Street (Route 19/21) and West South Street.

Traffic will be controlled by flagging in the work zone and posted detours will be implemented for South Richhill Street.

Passenger cars:

• South Richhill Street.
• West Lincoln Street.
• South West Street.
• Greene Street.
• South Morgan Street. 

Commercial trucks:

• Route 18 (Browns Creek Road/Prosperity Pike).
• Route 221 (Plum Sock Road/Dunn Station Road).
• Interstate 79 (Raymond P. Shafer Highway).
• Route 21 (East Roy Furman Highway).
• Route 19 (East High Street). 

Crews from Gulisek Construction will be working around the clock to rebuild the existing sidewalks and replace the roadway with 11 inches of concrete, providing an improved surface to accommodate heavy truck traffic. Construction in the Richhill Street area is anticipated through early July.

This work is part of the $11.8M Waynesburg Betterment Project, to ensure a safe and efficient route for all modes of transportation through the downtown Waynesburg business district. Construction currently consists of new foundation and conduit installation for the new traffic signals, roadway reconstruction and repaving, and existing ADA ramp replacement. Completion is anticipated in October.

With flagging operations in place, motorists are asked to use caution while driving through the work zone and allow extra travel time. Safety is everyone's responsibility.

​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. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/district12. 

Information about infrastructure in District 12, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D12Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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MEDIA CONTACT:  Laina Aquiline, laquiline@pa.gov or 724-415-3748

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