to a safer and more efficient transportation system in central Pennsylvania

What are we all about?

Drive Forward is a growing group of concerned businesses, individuals, and government and community leaders dedicated to ensuring a safe and efficient local transportation system to the benefit of Centre County and the surrounding central Pennsylvania region.

We support the Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization (CCMPO) in its efforts to secure necessary state and federal funding for major highway improvement projects in Centre County that have significant implications for commerce, tourism and new business investment into the region.

It is vital that state and federal officials know that these highway improvements are important to you. Motorist safety and commerce in Centre County and our region of central Pennsylvania would be greatly improved by these projects.

We encourage you to learn more about these projects, and sign on as a supporter of the Drive Forward initiative.

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backups, accidents, & delays in Centre County

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What is a PEL?

The Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) study for the State College Area Connector will allow PennDOT and FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) to make system level decisions that will help shape individual projects throughout the corridor as they are developed and constructed over time.

Current Projects

Drive Forward is building sustained, broad-based community support for two specific highway projects that have significant implications for the motoring public – residents, commuters, students, and visitors; as well as for local commerce and new business investment into the region:

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I-99 & I-80 Interchange

This project will improve the connection between two critical highway and freight interstates. The new interchange will allow for safer travel between I-99, I-80, Route 26, and other local roads; ease congestion during high traffic times; and help to move goods and services more conveniently.

Click here to read the Safety Enhancement Press Release
– May 1, 2020

*NEW* Click here to read the Route 26 (Jacksonville Road) Press Release
– October 2, 2020

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State College Area Connector (Route 322/144/45)

The Preliminary Engineering work will start with a Planning and Environment Linkages (PEL) Study, a relatively new process intended to more efficiently identify, evaluate, and recommend transportation improvements. The PEL Study will focus on the Route 322/144/45 corridors in south central Centre County. The study will begin in summer 2020 and take 1-2 years to complete.

No specific alternatives for the State College Area Connector have been developed at this time.

1-99 & 1-80 Interchange

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I-99 & I-80 Interchange backup

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I-99 & I-80 Interchange traffic

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I-80 – I-99 & Route 322/144/45 Projects

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