JENNERSVILLE: Road improvements

I've been following with interest the plan to improve the busy, sometimes frustrating Red Rose Inn crossroads (Route 796 and Baltimore Pike). According to newspaper stories, Penn Township has received the go-ahead from PennDOT to solicit bids, with construction to start as early as next spring.
But I've always wondered: exactly how are they going to reconfigure the tricky intersection? Here's what I found out:
1. Southbound 796 will be widened to create a left-turn lane, a through lane, and a right-turn lane at the crossroads. (In and of itself this should be a major improvement, as cars now back up behind left-turners, sometimes all the way to the Route 1 interchange.) 
2. The alignment of Route 796 north and south of the intersection will be improved.
3. "Turning radius improvements" will be made at the corners of the crossroads.
4. The left-turn lane along westbound Baltimore Pike approaching the crossroads will be reconfigured.
5. A new traffic light will have "updated signal phasing." (From what I can gather, this means tweaking the timing of the turn arrows.)

 

 

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