Plans to ease congestion on a busy stretch of Route 22 through the Lehigh Valley received a boost on Thursday with a $6 million funding announcement.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll visited the Allentown offices of the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission to help announce the federal award for widening the highway from four to six lanes between Airport Road and the Lehigh River bridge near Fullerton Avenue.
“As you all know, Route 22 is considered Lehigh Valley’s main transportation corridor,” he said. “I know we have other parallel routes that run through the Lehigh Valley, but 22 is, in essence, Lehigh Valley’s Main Street.”…