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WILLIAMSPORT — The town of Williamsport will receive $274,000 to repave U.S. 11 through town, town officials said Monday.
The money will come to the town through a memorandum of understanding with the Maryland State Highway Administration. The Williamsport Town Council unanimously approved it Monday night.
Mayor Bill Green said the State Highway Administration agreed to the arrangement due to the impact of Interstate 81 when interstate traffic is periodically diverted through town.
Green called the funding offer "pretty exciting."
The money will pay for repaving U.S. — which is also Potomac Street — from the McDonald's restaurant on the east end of town to where U.S. 11 crosses the Potomac River, Town Manager Donnie Stotelmyer said.
Stotelmyer said he thinks half of the repaving can be completed this year.
Repaving is also expected to begin on Artizan Street next Monday, Councilman Jim Braswell said. Crews have been doing curb work on Artizan Street, and there is trenching work involving utility lines that will have to be completed on the street before paving can begin, Green said.
Repaving is also slated for Conococheague Street between the Conococheague Creek bridge to Osborne Funeral Home. That will be funded with a $983,000 federal grant the town received.
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