Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Towamencin Township supervisors discussed installing a welcome sign near the Lansdale Interchange of the Northeast Extension at an October meeting
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
There are talks of installing a welcome sign in Towamencin near the Lansdale Interchange, according to reports. Bradley Schlegel of The Reporter wrote that the idea was discussed by supervisors at an Oct. 10 meeting. A design has not begun, and everything is in the planning stages, according to the article. Discussions come at a time when a 6-mile expansion of the Northeast Extension between Mid-County and Berks Road wraps up in 2014, according to the article. Then, work repeats for two more years, from Berks Road to Lansdale Interchange, in mid-2014. Read more at The Reporter Online. What do you think of a welcome sign in Kulpsville? Let us know in the comments!
Monday, August 6, 2012
Kulpsville and Harleysville will be added to the sign at Exit 31 on the Northeast Extension
The Lansdale Interchange on the Northeast Extension will remain as such, but will be updated to include "Harleysville" and "Kulpsville" as destinations. According to The Reporter, a letter confirming the amended sign was written by Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission COO Craig Shuey. "I think that's a great compromise," said Lansdale Borough Councilman Jack Hansen, who initially prompted the borough to oppose the renaming of the interchange. "Lansdale is a destination, it's on a turnaround. Kulpsville and Harleysville are two great areas. I think as long as Lansdale is still on there, it will work out just fine." Hansen said he hoped Towamencin Supervisors Chairman Dan Littley felt the same. It was Littley and his Towamencin peers who …
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Residents, commuters see details of six-lane widening, including noise wall locations and new EZ-Pass ramps at Lansdale Interchange
Residents living along the corridor of the $150 million total reconstruction and six-lane widening of five miles of the Northeast Extension from Lansdale to Berks Road – and even commuters that travel said corridor – got a final understanding of the design plans at the last open house at Towamencin Fire Co. Tuesday night before Spring 2014 groundbreaking. What you have now between Lansdale and Berks Road are two lanes northbound and southbound at 12 feet wide each, with a two-foot median/barrier and 10-foot shoulders. When all’s said and done at Thanksgiving 2016, this section of the turnpike will be transformed into three 12-foot lanes in both directions, plus 12-foot shoulders and a 26-foot median – two 12-foot shoulders and a two-foot …
Rachael Buckley
1:57 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Is this coming from the same group that gave us a (still) largely empty office building and a bridge to nowhere? Do they sit around trying to find more ways to waste taxpayers' money? more ›