Area when im back in ten minutes. Plus a peek of the valentines day forecast. First, Jessica Boyington has the first alert traffic. Thanks, bill. A look at the vine street expressway cameras, at 8th street. Not seeing any delays or problems or construction. And the roads are dry here, too. Ill actually end here with mass transit, the thorndale train 514 running ten minutes behind. Patco and amtrak and new Jersey Transit on time. Well check in with new jersey and check on mass transit when i come back, tracy. Jessica, thanks. Today, an iconic piece of philadelphia history returns. The love sculpture will begin its journey back to love park which has undergone 16. 5 million renovation over the past year including adding a rain garden, more green space. The park reopened in november. And this morning, the city will welcome the sculpture back with a parade. We will show you that route the statue will take coming up at 5 30. Right now, to the flu outbreak in our region. Yesterday, delaware
Up to 47 degrees and climbing at 10 00 in philadelphia. Starting at 36 degrees, look at the temperatures this afternoon. Into the middle 50s all around. Even those colder neighborhoods will make it into the middle 50s. 56 degrees in the suburb, new jersey, 55 inland. And 50s at the shore. Stand by to grab your sunglasses and your jacket this morning. Ill break it down hour by hour to show you how quickly the temperatures climb when im back in ten minutes but first how is traffic with Jessica Boyington with first alert traffic. Right around academy road no problems right now. Pretty empty actually on that east and westbound side, if youre headed towards 95, youll be fine. Once you get there, you can see the woodhaven road or the vine street expressway, still no problem. 13minute trip there and average speeds into the 60s. We dont see any delays, unless something happens we dont see delays until 6 30 or so. Nothing reported here in new jersey where things look great. 295 moving through t
Winds out of the southwest at 10 miles an hour. So thatll push you towards the card shop if you havent made it there yet. Its going to bed dry and a pretty nice day. The shore, there you go 48 degrees. Still a nice day with partly sunny clouds. Its this evening if youre out for dinner with your valentine you might run into a few problems. First Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Were watching 95. Around gerard avenue, not doing too bad. I dont see anything happening right here right now. There might be something up ahead thats not reported yet we cant see either. In abington were watching a crash around shady lane. And earlier a building fire still causing some road closures out in collegeville on route 29 between trap road and Bridge Street. The wait for medical marijuana in pennsylvania is almost over. Three dispensaries in our area are preparing to open their doors for patients this week. Fist one opens friday in beth lm. T the other two saturday. Matt. Reporter thats r
Down. Also kelly drive will be closed at fairmount avenue. There are going to be detours to keep in mind. Tuesday, that would be later tonight right after midnight, we will see the full extent of the closures through the draft. That includes some of the side streets, as well. So keep that in mind. We can see the last phase coming, including aid is streets and some including some side streets and streets only accessible by local traffic only. Weve talked to residents about the excitement and headaches caused by now more than two weeks of detours. Each time you walk up here, you see Something Else theyve added. My plan is to get away from the area. Im going to try to park closer to center city and walk to the location here so i dont have to worry about trying to travel and figure out parking on this side. Ill do it on that side of the city and just make my way and get exercise at the same time. Try to look at this on the bright side and have a plan. We also need to talk about septa bus d