A section of westbound Freedom Road between Haine School Road and Commonwealth Drive in Cranberry Township will be closed next weekend for a construction project.

Freedom Road westbound will be closed from at 10 p.m. July 8 to 6 a.m. July 11 for paving, drainage and signal work.

The contractor, Gulisek Construction of Mt. Pleasant, will maintaining eastbound traffic with signage and flagging as needed. For the westbound detour, traffic will use Route 3020 east, to Route 19 north, to Rochester Road, to Powell Road, to Freedom Road.

The project is an extension of the $9.8-million Freedom Road project, which includes new highway and turning lanes, widening, paving, drainage, lighting work, highway realignment, safety improvements, sidewalks, and signal upgrades and replacement. The $9.8 million project is estimated to be completed in fall.