The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Engineering District 5 announced work is scheduled to begin Monday on a $16.8 million project to rehabilitate Route 22 in Lehigh County.

Work on this project includes milling, concrete patching, paving, joint cleaning and sealing, bridge repairs, new pavement markings, and guide rail updates on Route 22 between Interstate 78 and 15th Street in Whitehall, South Whitehall and Upper Macungie townships. The project also includes milling, patching and paving all ramps at the Route 22 and Route 309, Route 22 at Cedar Crest Boulevard, and Route 22 at 15th Street interchanges.

Construction is expected to begin Monday weather permitting, and the project is expected to be complete in August 2022.

Beginning Monday, motorists should expect weeknight lane restrictions on Route 22 east and west between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. There may be times when interchange ramps will be closed and detoured. Updates will be provided whenever traffic pattern schedules change.

J.D. Eckman Inc. of Atglen is the general contractor on the project.

Work on this project will be in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and state Department of Health guidance as well as a project-specific COVID-19 safety plan, which will include protocols for social distancing, use of face coverings, personal and job-site cleaning protocols, management of entries to the job site, and relevant training.

For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan (Act 89), or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov.