Cranberry Township firefighters prepare to take down their ladder truck flag following ribbon cutting ceremonies for the MSA Thruway Oct. 14.

CRANBERRY TWP — The MSA Thruway will be completed at light speed.

Well, at least, the speed it takes to install lights.

Regional officials, business leaders and residents gathered Thursday afternoon under Route 228 to cut the ribbon on the Thruway, a tunnel connecting Cranberry Woods on the south and Cranberry Springs on the north, although the tunnel will likely not open for another two to three weeks.

The only holdup on the completion of the project, which has been in the works for nearly three decades, is lighting.

“We can now see light at the end of the tunnel,” quipped Gary Sippel, Cranberry Springs Business Park president. “Now we just need light in the tunnel.”

Read more in Friday's Butler Eagle.