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February 7, 2010

New traffic light may come to Route 309

By Sarah Hite shite@timesleader.com
Staff Writer
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Motorists may soon encounter another traffic light on Route 309.

Supervisors approved a motion to sign an application and traffic signal permit plan from Dorchester Land Development Corporation for the installation and operation of a traffic signal at Route 309 and Dorchester Drive.

An agreement to 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 traffic 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 held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 16.

Road projects

Vice chairman of supervisors Frank Wagner announced two road projects calling for road paving, catch basins and new pipes will be put out to bid this year.

The first project is for Main Street and the second is for Campground Hill Road.

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

Trout Run

Doughton is concerned over the amount of brush in Trout Run.

When the creek gets high, water backs up into two new stormwater pipes recently installed on Rice Drive near Encon, he said.

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

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