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I-99 countdown – CDT
PORT MATILDA: Residents eager to see highway open
The opening of two new sections of i-99 next month may bring traffic relief to Port Matilda, the one-traffic light burg in between Bald Eagle and State College. Other than Clem’s BBQ, the residents of the village seem eager to be rid of the trucks that come through most of the hours of the day. However, there is skepticism over whether trucks; they may prefer to get to I-80 via the flat two-lane US 220 Alternate to I-80 rather than the steeper, multi-lane i-99.
I’d have more sympathy for Port Matilda if it had re-striped the signalized intersection to have through traffic use the right lane instead of sharing the left one with traffic turning left. The constant backups along the current US 220 could have been cut in half had that been done.
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