Motorists traveling on southbound Interstate 81 in Lebanon County should expect delays this weekend as crews perform maintenance work on a stretch of the highway.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that workers will apply a high friction surface treatment to a 0.6-mile section of the interstate near mile marker 93, located north of Exit 90 for Route 72 and Lebanon. The project is scheduled to begin at 5 a.m. Saturday, May 2, and continue until approximately midnight Sunday, May 3.
High friction surface treatment is a “pavement application that increases skid resistance on roads, curves, and intersections … It reduces wet-weather crashes and total crashes by enhancing vehicle control,” according to PennDOT District 8 press officer, Mike Crochunis…