Project Purpose and Need:

PENNDOT 10-step process

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Project Needs

On US 30 today:

• Agricultural products ship from Lancaster County to Philadelphia.
  
  
• Freight moves between Harrisburg, Northern Delaware and Southern Jersey.
  
  
• Building materials are delivered throughout the region.
  
  
• Millions of tourists come into the area.
  
  
• Thousands of area workers travel the road.

As a result, improvements are needed because of:

• Congestion – existing and projected delays.
  
  
• Safety – high crash and fatality rates.
  
  
• Vehicle Conflicts – diverse and competing uses of the roadway.

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Wilmington-Harrisburg Freight Study

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US 30/PA 41 Truck Traffic

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Current Congestion

Between Lancaster and Gap, US 30 is congested because:

• Three-lane highway that passes through a mixture of villages, rural areas, and strip commercial areas.
  
  
• Growth in population, growing personal reliance on the automobile, and more shipments being made by trucks have led to an increased number of cars and trucks on the road.
  
  

• During summer weekends, it can take 50% longer than normal to travel this stretch of roadway.
  
  
• These conditions are expected to be dramatically worse in the year 2030.
  
  

Why do we have so much traffic? Why has traffic congestion become such a big problem? Find out more here.