Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The left turn lane already exists at the intersection but the traffic signal needed to be modified.
At the request of residents, the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors approved traffic signal modifications at Troop Farm Road and Route 252. Supervisor John Nawn said at the board's Monday meeting that the current closure of nearby Gradyville Road has caused traffic problems and a left turn signal was needed at the intersection. The left turn lane and traffic light already exist at the intersection but the traffic signal needed to be modified in order for the signal to have a left turn arrow. Nawn said the township's traffic engineer investigated the issue and determined it was warranted and presented a plan to PennDOT which was approved. The cost was estimated to be $14,547.53 for installation, change of the controller and wiring …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
The Act 537 Plan was submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection for approval.
The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to submit the Act 537 Plan to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at Monday's meeting. The township's plan will now seek DEP approval and then go on to the design phase. Supervisor Chairman Joseph Catania thanked township staff and Township Manager Michael Trio who spent a lot time getting to this point. "Hopefully it won't be too long before we get to the design phase and get some shovels in the ground," Catania said. The proposed plan timeline would include design of the system within six to nine months of plan approval, immediately followed by applications for permits, followed by the bidding process and the process of securing financing, …
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Newtown Township officials will look for ways to improve the roadway.
The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors unanimously decided not the give up control of a public road that has been used by residents since the 1800s. A newer resident of Paper Mill Road, Scott Brehman, requested that the township vacate the public road. Brehman owns property on both sides of the road and has made efforts to deny access to the neighborhood's old roadway, which is located at the end of Paper Mill Road. The roadway, which runs through Newtown and Radnor townships, was once used in the early 1800s as a thruway for traffic from Skunk Hollow to Darby-Paoli Road, and has been closed to traffic since then. However, residents have been using the old roadway as a walking path to Darby Creek and trails in Radnor. The road has been …
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors will take into consideration the request for the historic William Lewis house to opt-out of the Act 537 sewer hook-up during the design phase of the project.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–A request was made by the owners of the historic William Lewis house in Newtown Square to opt out of hooking up to the proposed public sewer system in the township's Act 537 Plan. The owners of the historic home, Rosario Scalia and Francesco D'Arro, presented to the Board of Supervisors at a special board meeting on Feb. 4, their request to have the William Lewis house opt out of the public sewer system proposed in the township Act 537 Plan. A formal letter of request was submitted to the township by their attorney Jim Byrne in January. According to D'Arro, the William Lewis House, located on Goshen Road, was built around 1708 and played a key role in the Revolutionary War. D'Arro said the home was used as an oupost for Maj…
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Three resignations and two appointments were announced on Newtown Township's Zoning Hearing Board on Monday night.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–Three Zoning Hearing Board resignations and two appointments were announced at Monday night's Newtown Township Board of Supervisors meeting. David DiPasqua resigned as chairman of the Newtown Township Zoning Hearing Board to become the board's solicitor, according to Supervisors Chairman Joe Catania. DiPasqua's term ends on Dec. 31, 2015. In addition, Zoning Hearing Board members Anne Stulpin and Richard Carpenter have submitted their resignations which were approved by the supervisors on Monday night. Stulpin's term ends on Dec. 31, 2013, while Carpenter's term ends on Dec. 31, 2014. Supervisors appointed Michael Russo to fill in Stulpin's vacant seat and Ted Moser to fill in Carpenter's vacant seat. Supervisors unanimously…
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors approved the neighborhood of Echo Valley to run on a gravity sewer system in the proposed Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–A decision was finally made at Monday night's Newtown Township Board of Supervisors meeting on the fate of the sewer system proposed in the Echo Valley section of Newtown Township. Supervisors unanimously approved to move forward with the Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan that will include Echo Valley running on a gravity sewer system. James MacCombie, township sewer engineer on the project, orginally proposed the $25 million Act 537 Plan to have 112 Echo Valley homes serviced by a low-pressure sewer system and only a handful with a gravity sewer system. MacCombie initially recommended a low-pressure system in the Echo Valley neighborhood primarily due to environmental constraints, the way the homes were located, and the most-…
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Newtown Township Board of Supervisors recently approved a waiver requested by the Delaware County Veterans Memorial Association located in Newtown Square.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–The Delaware County Veterans Memorial Association's (DCVMA) received another waiver request on erosion and sedimentation, and building permit fees for the memorial located on West Chester Pike/Rt. 3 and Alice Grim Boulevard in Newtown Square. The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors gave the approval at the last supervisors meeting on Jan. 28. In October of last year, supervisors granted approval for another waiver request and determined that the township would waive any fees dependent on the third-party's contractor. "We were okay with not charging anything, just as long as the township was not charged anything," said Catania at the last supervisors meeting. According to Catania, Stantec Engineering will waive their fee …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
No action was taken at Monday night's special Newtown Township Act 537 Plan meeting.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–A four-hour special meeting between the residents of Newtown Township, the Board of Supervisors, and township sewer engineers James MacCombie and David Porter resulted in the postponement of a decision to be made on the township's Act 537 Sewage Facilicities Plan. The special Act 537 Plan meeting brought out a concerned crowd of Newtown Township residents that filled the Marple Newtown School Board meeting room to the brim on Monday night. Many residents spoke in regards to the plan for Echo Valley, Springton Pointe Estates, and Springton Pointe Woods. Residents along Camelot Lane requested the supervisors to commit to moving the pump station as far away as possible from residents as possible that will be environmentally and…
Monday, February 4, 2013
Action is expected to be taken at Monday night's special Newtown Township meeting.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–Newtown Township officials will be hold a special meeting on Monday at 6:30 p.m. for the township's Act 537 sewage facilities plan. According to Township Manager Mike Trio, the meeting will be held in the Marple Newtown School Board Room, located in the second floor of the Marple Newtown School District Administrative Building, due to a conflict with the Newtown Public Library Book Sale on Feb. 4 as well. "Personnel will be on location to direct the public," stated Trio in an email. Newtown Township supervisors will be present at the special meeting for discussion on the township's Act 537 Plan and action is expected to be taken on the updated plan, according to Trio. The Municipal Authority meeting scheduled for Monday has…
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Newtown Township supervisors approved the reallocation of sewer EDUs for the new Panera Bread that is planned to come to the Newtown Square Shopping Center.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–The Panera Bread proposed to come to the Newtown Square Shopping Center received unanimous approval from the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors on Monday night for a reallocation of sewer EDUs (equivalent dwelling units). The proposed Newtown Square Panera Bread will be located at the former Dressbarn site within the Newtown Square Shopping Center. According to Township Solicitor Richard Sokorai, the former Dressbarn had been allocated one EDU which was approximately 262.5 gallons per day. However, the proposed Panera Bread would need more sewage than that, said Sokorai. "The engineer for the shopping center and the engineer for the municipal authority, James MacCombie, also the township's sewer enforcement officer, both …
Gary
7:42 am on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Bike lanes people ... Then you wouldn't have soo many cars on the road ... more ›