John Boyle
Mon, 08 Mar 2004 14:38:20 -0800
This is another one of those studies transportation studies that poo-poos bikes, pedestrians and transit. Great opportunity however to turn a proposed highway into a multi-use trail. Furthermore interchanges will degrade bicycling on Bustleton Ave and possibly Byberry Road and Philmont Avenue.
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will hold a public
meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2004 to give interested citizens the
opportunity to review the latest developments for the Woodhaven Road Project.
The public meeting will be held in the lobby of the George Washington High
School at 10175 Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia. The meeting will run
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a formal presentation given in the auditorium at 7 p.m.
PennDOT is holding the public meeting to offer citizens an opportunity to
review ongoing developments in the design of the proposed alternatives, as
well
as to learn more about the next phase of the project, which includes the
circulation of the project's Final Environmental Impact Statement, which is
expected to be completed later this year.
The public meeting will feature an updated plans display where members of
the Woodhaven Road Project Team will be on hand to speak with citizens and
address their questions related to the proposed improvements.
Under the Woodhaven Road Environmental Impact Study, PENNDOT is evaluating
alternatives to improve travel through the study area that stretches from
the existing Woodhaven Road Expressway in Philadelphia into Lower Moreland
Township, Montgomery County, and Upper Southampton and Lower Southampton
townships, Bucks County.
The alternatives developed to address recent traffic projections involve
upgrading and improving areas along Byberry Road, Woodhaven Road
Expressway, Bustleton Avenue, and other arterials that are part of the local roadway
network within the study area.
Since the start of the study in 1993, PENNDOT has investigated several
improvement alternatives to relieve traffic congestion in this part of
Northeast Philadelphia and eastern Montgomery County. McCormick Taylor,
Inc. of Philadelphia is the engineering firm conducting the study for PennDOT.
For more information on the Woodhaven Road
Project, visit the project
website at www.woodhavenroad.com.