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PPL Holtwood has expanded the restricted area for boaters to areas within the Susquehanna River in the vicinity of the Holtwood Dam and around the Route 372 Norman Wood Bridge as workers perform blasting in the river below the bridge as part of the expansion project at the Holtwood hydroelectric plant.

The tailrace, the area where river water leaves the power plant, remains closed to shoreline fishing until construction is completed in 2013. Boating in the area from the Norman Wood Bridge into the tailrace has been restricted because of construction. Click here for a map.

Signs will be posted at boat ramps and trailheads to advise boaters of the restricted areas.

Shoreline fishing is available nearby at Safe Harbor and Muddy Run.

The $440 million Holtwood expansion project, which will add 125 megawatts of clean, renewable electric generating capacity at the plant, will result in improvements to recreational facilities. Those improvements will include better access for fishing, parking closer to the river, a new shoreline fishing pier and areas that can be accessed by people with physical limitations.

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), headquartered in Allentown, Pa., through its affiliated companies, owns or controls about 19,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets, and delivers electricity and natural gas to about 10 million customers in the United States and the United Kingdom.