Lititz Road Realignment
Penn Township and Warwick Township, Lancaster County, PA
Project Narrative August 2025
The SR 4022 Lititz Road Realignment Project (the “Project”) will realign State Route (SR) 4022 as
illustrated in the “before” and “after” Location Maps.
As depicted in the Project Concept Plan, the improvements to SR 4022 through this
project will include the following:
- The SR 4022 intersection with Fruitville Pike (SR 4011) will be signalized, and auxiliary
turn lanes will be provided. - The new segment of SR 4022 along the southern side of Rohrer’s Quarry (temporarily termed
“Connector Road”) will consist of one 11-foot-side travel lane in each direction, with six-foot-
wide paved shoulders. - The intersection of Connector Road & Erbs Quarry Road will be configured to encourage use of
the State Road system, thus reducing traffic on Erbs Quarry Road south of SR 4022. The southern
leg of Erbs Quarry Road (T-578) will be restricted to right-in and right-out traffic movements at
its intersection with SR 4022. - Erbs Quarry Road between Connector Road and Lititz Road will be widened to 11-foot-wide
travel lanes and four-foot-wide paved shoulders.
During construction, traffic along Erbs Quarry Road will need to be detoured in order to construct
its intersection with Connector Road. More information about this detour will be available
as the construction date approaches. The start of construction is tentatively anticipated for the
second half of 2026.
Once this Project is completed, the segment of Lititz Road between Fruitville Pike and Erbs Quarry
Road will be conveyed from PennDOT to the municipalities (Penn Township and Warwick Township).
Once realigned SR 4022 is constructed and open to traffic, this segment of Lititz Road will be closed to
public thru traffic. The western end will remain as a township road to provide access for local
property owners.
For the intersection of Fruitville Pike (SR 4011) & Lititz Road, this Project will allow for the
conversion of the eastern leg of Lititz Road from a state road carrying 3,900 vehicles per day to a
township cul- de-sac serving two local properties. Reducing crashes at this intersection
is a well-documented priority for Penn Township and PennDOT. It is Penn Township’s belief that
effectively making this a “3-leg” intersection (by removing public thru traffic from the eastern
leg) will improve safety at this intersection. Vehicular conflict points will be eliminated,
leading to enhanced driver decision-making and reduction of the number and severity of crashes at
this intersection.
The intersection of Connector Road (SR 4022) and Erbs Quarry Road (T-578) is configured to provide
right-in/right-out access for the southern leg of Erbs Quarry Road. This will divert quarry truck
traffic away from the residentially developed Brighton area in Manheim Township. This
configuration will direct loaded quarry trucks to remain on SR 4022 until they reach the new
signalized intersection with Fruitville Pike (SR 4011).
Bidding Thresholds Increase (Effective Jan. 1, 2025)
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry published the authority and municipal bidding thresholds for 2024. Under Act 90 of 2011, the bidding thresholds provide for an annual inflation adjustment based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.
The percentage change for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2024, is 2.4%. PLEASE NOTE: The law (Act 90 of 2011) caps an increase at a maximum of 3%.
Beginning January 1, 2025, the bidding thresholds for municipal authorities will be as follows:
- Purchases and contracts below $12,900 require no formal bidding or written/telephonic quotations.
- Purchases and contracts between $12,900 and $23,800 require three written/telephonic quotations.
- Purchases and contracts over $23,800 require formal bidding.