SOME SUNSHINE. ELENA. ASHLEY. THANK YOU. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION TRAFFIC. JUST A HEADS UP IF YOU USE TO 7979, YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME RESTRICTIONS TO DEAL WITH THIS MORNING BECAUSE CREWS ARE RESTRICTING ONE LANE ALONG 79 IN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION. NEWS FOR PORTER TOM GARRIS IS WITH US TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHY THEY’RE DOING THAT. GOOD MORNING, TOM. YEAH, GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WE’RE ON 79 SOUTH JUST APPROACHING THE INTERCHANGE. THE THE INTERCHANGE HERE TO TO ONE ON TUESDAY NIGHTS, USUALLY GOING TOWARDS 79. BUT LET’S GET YOU ON TO A MAP OF THE AREA WE’RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO I-70 NINE SOUTH IS GOING TO BE LIMITED TO ONE LANE FROM AROUND THE INTERCHANGE WITH TO 79 TO GLENFIELD. PENNDOT SAYS THEY NEED TO MAKE SAFETY MODIFICATIONS HERE IN THE NEW EXPRESS LANE THAT ACTUALLY JUST OPENED OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CRASHES IN THIS AREA. NOW EXPRESSLY AND AGAIN JUST OPENED AS CREWS ARE REPLACING A BRIDGE DECK IN THE AREA. THE LANE HOPS OVER TO THE NORTHBOUND SIDE. A BARRIER SEPARATES IT FROM THE NORTHBOUND LANES NOW SO THAT MEANS ALL TRAFFIC HERE WILL BE USING THE SINGLE LANE TRAVELING SOUTH BOUND. IT’S UNCLEAR HOW LONG THIS WILL BE THE CASE, BUT PENNDOT SAYS THEY’LL UPDATE US ONCE THEY’RE ABLE TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE EXPRESS LANE WORK ZONE. THE OVERALL I-70 NINE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS A BIG ONE. THE MAJORITY OF IT WILL BE DONE IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. THE NEWLY FORMED EXPRESS LANE EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE, THOUGH, THROUGH LATE NOVEMBER. REPORTING LIVE, TOM GARRIS PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4, BACK TO YOU IN STUDIO. ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. WE ACTUALLY REPORTED ON ONE OF THOSE ACCIDENTS YESTERDAY. IT WAS RIGHT AT THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE AS YOU MADE YOUR WAY TOWARDS NEVILLE ISLAND BRIDGE. YOU’RE GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS CAMERA FOR YOU. WHAT WILL YOU KNOW WHAT THE BACKUPS ARE LOOKING LIKE ALONG 79 AS YOU TRY TO CONTINUE SOUTHBOUND PAST THE SPLIT HERE? THEY ARE SAYING YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER SOME ALTERNATE ROUTES AT THAT POINT, MAYBE TAKE THE INTERSTATE 279 TO GET AROUND IT OUT TO THE AIRPORT. YOU’RE LOOKING AT AN 18 MINUTE RIDE FROM THE FORT PITT BRIDGE. SO THINGS ARE PRETTY SMOOTH IF YOU ARE ON THE PARKWAY WEST PARKWAY EAST. ALSO LOOKING GOOD THIS MORNING. WE DON’T REALLY HAVE ANY TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS BACK UP, SO YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT JUST YET. HOWEVER, WATCH FOR THAT FOG