Bidding period extended for CSVT project

MONTOURSVILLE – The bidding period has been extended for the first phase of the CSVT project.  PENNDOT says bids for the construction of the project’s nearly mile-long bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna River are now planned to be opened September 11.   Bids were originally planned to be opened on August 27.  PennDOT says due the project’s complexity, its schedule and the alternative bridge components allowed to be proposed by bidders, they have extended the bidding period by two weeks.   The two-week extension will not affect the anticipated overall schedule for the project, which includes completion of the entire 13-mile, four-lane limited access highway by 2024.  The construction for the new...