Traffic & Transit
Cranberry, PennDOT To Unveil Next Freedom Road Corridor Project
The widening of Freedom Road will continue over the next few years.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA — Township, Butler County and PennDOT officials will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony Saturday to unveil the next phase of work in the Freedom Road corridor. The event will occur in the rear lot of the CVS at 1181 Freedom Road.
There are two phases to the project, which involves widening Freedom Road to five lanes (two east lanes, two west and a center turn lane.
The first phase, known as BUILD 1, was completed earlier this year from Commonwealth Drive to Haine School Road. The second phase, called BUILD 2, currently is under design and will run from Haine School to Powell Road. According to PennDOT's website, the actual BUILD 2 road widening will occur in 2024 and 2025.
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In total, the Route 228 and Freedom Road corridors will see more than $62 million worth of work in the coming years, township officials said.
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