UPDATE: June 20, 2022

Major work on the Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project has shifted to the southern end with the Grandview intersection with Sampson and Houser now closed to all traffic.

The full closure of the intersection will be implemented on Sampson east of the Canadian Pacific Railroad crossing, Houser north of the Mittman intersection, Mittman just south of the intersection with Houser, Grandview 200 feet south of the intersection with Houser-Sampson, and Grandview from the Cheri Top south.

Access to all Grandview Avenue businesses south of the Musser intersection to the Houser-Sampson intersection will be from the intersection with Musser. 

Through traffic coming from the south will be detoured west onto the Highway 61 by-pass to the Hershey exit and then to Mississippi Drive, or east on Dick Drake Way to Stewart Road/Oregon and back to Grandview.

Pavement removal and underground work began Monday (June 20). Once completed, the section of Grandview will be rocked and prepped for paving. Tentative plans are to have Grandview Avenue completely open for two-way traffic once the new pavement cures, but the Sampson and Houser legs of the intersection will remain closed as they will be reconstructed after Grandview is opened. The reopening to two-way traffic is expected at the end of July, weather permitting.

The Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project remains on schedule. Once the roadway is completed, Heuer will complete sidewalks, driveways, and landscaping in each of the two phases. The project is tentatively scheduled to wrap up November 2022.

Work also continued on the eastern section of the project with most sidewalks and radius returns for side streets completed on the river side of Grandview Avenue. The riverside lane will be cleaned and sealed before the lanes are switched and begins on the sidewalks and radius returns on the town side of Grandview Avenue.

The second year of the two-year Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project removes, enlarges to three-lanes, and replaces the pavement Grandview Avenue from Houser Street to Musser Street. Drivers are reminded that the milled pavement will be rough. Drivers are urged to slow down and use caution when travelling through the construction zone, and find alternate routes when possible. 

BACKGROUND: Heuer Construction, Inc., was awarded the $7.74 million contract for the two-year Grandview Avenue Reconstruction Project that will remove and replace the pavement from Main Street to approximately 200 yards past Houser Street while adding sidewalks and additional streetscaping to provide a much more inviting corridor for residents and visitors.