What's With the Jackhammers—At Midnight?

Some people along and near Old Eagle School Road were hearing jackhammers late Tuesday night and asked TE Patch: "Why?!"

Patch has your answer. According to a PennDOT Spokesman (Old Eagle School is a state road, not a Tredyffrin Township road) contractors are not allowed to restrict rush hour traffic on roads like Old Eagle School from 6-9 a.m. and from 3-6 p.m.. That leaves the overnight hours from 6 p.m.- 6 a.m. for getting road repaving projects done with the least inconvenience to drivers.

As many people saw when they went to work Tuesday morning, the road milling work began Monday night on Old Eagle School from Mancil down to Devon Park Drive. According to PennDOT, the jackhammers were being used on Tuesday night to level out the areas of the road around manholes and storm inlets prior to the new blacktop being poured.

A PennDOT Spokesman says the jackhammers are roving, meaning they will not be staying for hours in one place during this project. The $7.5 million repaving project is scheduled to last through Friday (October 21) and will extend from Devon Park Drive all the way to Upper Gulph Road.  So residents south of Mancil may be hearing the jackhammers for brief periods late at night in the coming few days.