According to Bethlehem Township Manager Melissa Shafer's monthly report, several road and bridge projects are under way.
Willow Park Road Bridge Replacement – Willow Park Road has been shut down, with a detour approved between August 14 and October 13, 2017.
Middletown Road Bridge Replacement – the township awaits construction details. Work could start this or next year.
Easton Avenue Repaving (Butztown Road to Farmersville Road south) - ADA curb ramp work is to begin immediately. Paving will be night work only with a completion date of August 2018. Traffic disruption should be at a minimum.
Easton Avenue Repaving (Hope Road east into Palmer Township) - ADA curb ramp work is to begin immediately. Paving will be night work only with a completion date of August 2018. Traffic disruption should be at a minimum.
Brodhead Road Construction In progress, with a one-way detour has been flipped to the other lane. Township Commissioners approved a $49,000 change order at their September 18 meeting, with $4,000 for a UGI line that needed to be moved and $45,000 for additional millwork between Township Line Road and Commerce Boulevard. The vote for the change order was 3-1, with Mike Hudak dissenting. Hudak is opposed to any township funds spent on Brodhead Road because he feels the cost should be borne by the companies whose trucks have torn up the road.
Correction, 2:50 pm: I incorrectly reported that Howard Kutzler had voted No to Brodhead Road, and apologize to him and my readers for this factual error.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
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Bernie,
ReplyDeleteFYI, Willow Park Road has not yet been shut down, and bridge replacement has yet to begin.
INteresting that PennDot will repave Easton Avenue / William Penn Highway when a final decision to restructuring William Penn Highway is probably only a few months away. I guess the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing at PennDot
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ReplyDeleteIt's government. They are incapable of thinking past today.
Hudak ought to figure out what government is all about. Road maintenance is a core requirement just as providing fire protection. When the pagers go off for a fire at his house or business I'm sure he'll appreciate stations 14 & 17.
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