(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Two Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) projects which will start next week will impact light rail service. Beginning on Wednesday, January 14th, the multi-year rail grinding program will resume and it will focus on the Red Line between Overbrook Junction and Allegheny Station. The three-year project began last year, and it typically runs from January through March. According to a PRT media release, grinding will take place Wednesdays through Sundays, with most of the work occurring overnight between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. However, grinding for the first section, from Overbrook Junction to Mt. Lebanon Station, will be performed during daylight hours from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Light rail service in Downtown will also be suspended for eight consecutive weekends, tentatively scheduled to start on Friday, January 16th, for electrical maintenance. Work will begin on each Friday at 8 p.m. and will continue until the start of service on every Monday until March 9th.