Monday, August 6, 2012
Lansdale Borough had applied for a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $260,675 for West Eighth Street. Commissioners approved an application for about $40,000 less than requested
Montgomery County Commissioners at its Thursday meeting approved a $227,370 allocation to Lansdale Borough for its West Eighth Street Community Development Block Grant project. The borough had initially applied for $260,675, according to county documents. The CDBG project will rehabilitate and reconstruct West Eighth Street from Cannon Avenue to Maple Avenue. This includes new concrete sidewalks and curbing and new storm sewer pipe and inlets. There is also a complete review of the street with potential upgrades to gas and water lines paid by the respective utility companies. The Lansdale Public Works Committee discussed the CDBG project briefly at its August 1 meeting. "I don't know that it's definitively in front of them, but at some …
Monday, July 9, 2012
Fire Department of Montgomery Township holds a Drill in the Hood at 7 p.m. at Spring Valley Park on Upper State Road
1. Today is the 60th-Annual PennSuburban Chamber Golf Outing at Commonwealth National Golf Club, 250 Babylon Road, Horsham. Lunch at 11:30 a.m., tee time at 12:30 p.m. Players will be treated to 18 holes of championship golf, inclusive of green fee, golf cart, use of driving range, use of locker room amenities, registration gift, deli board buffet lunch, on course beverages and snacks, buffet dinner and beer open bar. Cost is $175 per person. Register here. 2. Fire Department of Montgomery Township holds a Drill in the Hood at 7 p.m. at Spring Valley Park on Upper State Road. FDMT, Volunteer Medical Service Corps, Montgomery Township Police and JeffStat helicopter are attending. Come out and view emergency and rescue apparati and personnel…
Friday, July 6, 2012
Lansdale Borough Department of Community Development has received construction drawings and building permit applications
Readers have been seeing some activity going on at the former Super Foodtown site in The Pavilion Shopping Center at Whites Road and South Broad Street in Lansdale. That activity is in preparation for a Dollar Tree store. According to Director of Community Development John Ernst, the borough codes department has received construction drawings and building permit applications for the store. Ernst said Dollar Tree will be taking over part - not all - of the vacant Super Foodtown. Dollar Tree will also be acquiring some space from Pets Plus. Ernst said Dollar Tree has received a demolition permit for the work currently being done at the site. A call has been made to Dollar Tree representative Timothy Reid for comment. Stay tuned for more …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Lansdale Borough Hall and Lansdale Police Station are in dire need of new layouts and a total of $3 million in new construction, as reported in a facilities study Wednesday by Spiezle Architectural Group.
During a time where Lansdale Borough is tasked with finding a future purpose and solution for the money pit known as 311 W. Main Street, Lansdale's leaders received another shock to their systems Wednesday night regarding the conditions of Lansdale Borough Hall and Lansdale Police Station. Lansdale Police Station does not work as a police station, according to Spiezle Architectural Group Inc., and needs 77 percent more space. Not to mention there's a major termite infestation in the areas of secure records storage and no fire alarm system. Borough hall is below par and could offer health hazards for its occupants. Water leaks in all directions on the exterior, but the interior looks better than it is. Borough hall, which was originally the…
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
PennDOT will be replacing a deteriorated drainage pipe across Route 202 in Montgomery Township between Grays Lane and Country Club Drive
Find a different way around Route 202 between Five Points and County Line Road Thursday. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will close Route 202 between Grays Lane and Country Club Drive in Montgomery Township, near PineCrest Country Club, from 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to replace a deteriorated drainage pipe. Route 202 traffic will be detoured over County Line Road and Upper State Road, according to PennDOT. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone. PennDOT recommends allowing extra time to travel or finding an alternate route. The work will be performed by PennDOT Montgomery County Maintenance employees, according to PennDOT.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Lansdale staff, the borough engineer, and councilmen met with affected taxpayers of West Fourth Street in preparation for an upcoming Community Development Block Grant project
By May 7, residents of West Fourth Street between Broad Street and Walnut Street in Lansdale will be inconvenienced for four months because of the replacement of sanitary lines, storm sewer lines, water lines and new curbs and sidewalk. Everything's good for now. A construction charrette Monday night at Lansdale United Methodist Church with those affected residents brought some things to the forefront and those residents can now sit a little easier knowing what's to come. "I do appreciate this," said renter Nancy Logan, who resides at 20 W. Fourth Street. "It's better than having no communication." Borough Manager Timi Kirchner said the charrette was very successful. "I had a number of people thank me for having it," she said. "We were …
Monday, April 30, 2012
Lansdale Borough is meeting with West Fourth Street residents affected by upcoming road construction between Walnut and Broad streets
Experts and users, engineers and drivers, contractors and residents, and Lansdale government and taxpayers meet tonight for a construction charrette in regard to upcoming roadwork on West Fourth Street. Residents will be able to meet with borough staff, project engineers and council members tonight at 7:30 at Lansdale United Methodist Church to express concerns and ask questions (and get answers) to the upcoming road project. Council members anticipated in attendance include Public Works Committee Chairman Denton Burnell and Ward Two councilmen Mike Sobel, Rich DiGregorio and Jack Hansen. The project involves infrastructure improvements between Broad Street and Walnut Street. According to Montgomery County land records, the project has the…
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The 311 W. Main Task Force spent two hours discussing how things could look inside the former arts center, but how will they fund it all?
The Lansdale 311 W. Main Task Force spent 105 minutes Tuesday night discussing green room locations, portable dressing rooms, bathroom layouts, sloped theaters, soundboard setups, expanding theaters to more than 300 seats, moveable chairs, flexible mutli-purpose theaters, food courts and art. At the end, borough council vice president Paul Clemente said he supported the arts, and the efforts are all well and good. Then, he asked a big question: Where's the money? "I have a simple question that piggybacks off of (Montgomery County Planner Brian) O’Leary's, and that is this whole discussion seems to be very academic thus far because nobody’s talking about where the funding is coming from," Clemente said. "We have an estimate that’s $4.5 …
Monday, December 5, 2011
Expect traffic delays in Montgomery, Upper Gwynedd and Lower Gwynedd during the daytime this week
Expect continued travel restrictions this week due to the ongoing Route 202 Parkway construction, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. In Montgomery, Upper Gwynedd and Lower Gwynedd townships, motorists will face slow-moving traffic and occasional single-lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday on Welsh Road/Route 63, between Stump Road and Bell Run Boulevard, due to paving and widening. Route 202/DeKalb Pike, between Swedesford Road and Route 63/Welsh Road, will have periodic lane closures between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday to Friday for utility relocation and road widening. Periodic daytime lane closures with flaggers will occur in Bucks County from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Upper State Road, between County …
Friday, October 21, 2011
PennDOT is turning two T-intersections into a four-way signalized intersection
The intersection re-construction at North Wales Road and Morris Road in Worcester, Whitpain and Upper Gwynedd is expected to be complete by Nov. 2. Since March, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has been working on a $1.79 million project to eliminate two T-intersections and dog-leg turns and create a new four-way signalized intersection. According to PennDOT spokesman Gene Blaum, the work included paving the new intersection and approaches, widening for new right turn and left turn lanes, improving drainage, marking pavement and installing signage. Blaum said the project is nearly completed. "A final inspection is scheduled for Monday to determine any remaining work that may need to be completed. The intersection could reopen…
Julianne Wylie
9:42 am on Monday, July 9, 2012
And Knapp Rd has some closures off an on today as well. I was trying to use it this morning , and the Knapp Rd part is between Lansdale Avenue and North Wales Rd more ›