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February 4, 2010

New Back Mt. traffic light planned

Signal on Route 309 is part of proposed project for Dallas Geisinger Medical Clinic.

By Sarah Hite shite@timesleader.com
Staff Writer
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DALLAS TWP. – Motorists driving through the Back Mountain may soon encounter another traffic light on Route 309.

The supervisors approved a motion on Tuesday to sign an application and traffic signal permit plan from Dorchester Land Development Corp. for the installation and operation of a traffic signal at Route 309 and Dorchester Drive.

An agreement that will be prepared by the township solicitor must be executed between the township and the developer before the final approval will be given. The developer will be required to reimburse the township for future cost of the operation of the signal as part of the agreement.

The signal is part of a proposed project for the construction of the Dallas Geisinger Medical Clinic on Dorchester Drive in the area formerly known as Sacred Heart Park.

A public hearing on the application for the 23,000-square-foot medical center will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 16, which is half an hour before the start of the regular bi-monthly supervisors meeting.

In other business, Supervisor Frank Wagner announced two road projects that will be put out for bid this year. The projects call for road paving, catch basins and new pipes.

The first road project is for Main Street and the second project is for Campground Hill Road. Wagner said he would like to begin the work the second week in June after school lets out for the summer.

Tom Doughton, who is employed by Douglas F. Trumbower and Associates, which serves as the township’s engineer, said he will begin to prepare estimates of the cost of the projects.

Also, Doughton said he is concerned about the amount of brush in Trout Run, which is a tributary of Toby Creek.

Doughton said that when the creek gets high, water backs up into two new storm water pipes that were recently installed on Rice Drive near Encon.

Doughton plans on inquiring about the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Small Streams Grant project to see if any funding is available to clean up the creek.

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