Sidewalks, Trails, and Paths Projects
SIDEWALKS TO SCHOOLS
Construction Update:
Marino Corporation is continuing with the construction of the Township's Sidewalk Project. The majority of the sidewalks and stormwater drainage has been installed. Marino Corporation and their landscape restoration subcontractor have seeded portions of the previously disturbed sidewalk construction areas on Old Lancaster Road and Conestoga Road. However, due to the hot and dry conditions in June and July, grass growth and area stabilization have been hindered.
Additional landscaping, permanent seeding and stabilization of disturbed area will be required prior to the end of the project, but that cannot be completed until later in the summer when the weather begins to cool off and planting conditions improve. The Township asks that you please be patient for a couple more months as the sidewalk project proceeds. The entire project area is still an active construction site. All construction related activities are anticipated to conclude in October 2010.
In addition, the Township has heard varies complaints regarding the appearance of the vegetative bump-outs along Old Lancaster Road. These bump-out are currently not in their final planted state. The concerns that the Township heard through the planning stages of this project were that residents along the sidewalks route, who were responsible for the maintenance of the vegetation in these bump-outs, preferred that the vegetation be very low maintenance. In an effort to provide low maintenance plantings, the landscape architect choose a rain garden seed mixture which contains a variety of grasses and wildflowers that are only designed to be cut either once or twice a year. The rain garden seed mixture has yet to be planted in the bump-outs. Below you will find a picture of similar rain garden seed mixture.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Erin McPherson, Township Engineering Assistant, at (610) 408-3617 or emcpherson@tredyffrin.org.
Conestoga High School and T/E Middle School
- Project Area: Construction of 1.7 miles of sidewalks and associated stormwater management and traffic calming measures on:
- Old Lancaster Road from the Daylesford Train Station to Howelville Road
- Conestoga Road from Old Lancaster Road to Teamer Field and from Howellville Road to Margo Mane
- Irish Road from Conestoga High School to Green Lane
- Howellville Road from T/E Middle School to the bridge
- Construction: the construction bid was awarded to Marino Corporation, with construction to begin on March 20, 2010.
- Costs and funding:
- Total Cost:
- Design, permitting and surveys by Jacobs Engineering: $642,983
- Construction by Marino Corporation and inspection fees: $2,181,252.25
- Total Funding:
- Design and Permitting:
- $100,000 in grant funds from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's Transportation and Community Development Initiative
- $542,983 in Township bond funds
- Construction and Inspection:
- $2.8 Mil in grant funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AKA - federal stimulus funding)
- Design and Permitting:
- Total Cost:
- Plans and renderings:
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Overall (5.8 MB)
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Contour Grading and Drainage (6.4 MB)
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Traffic Control (826 KB)
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Signing and Pavement Marking (2.0 MB)
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Landscaping (8.0 MB)
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control (2.9 MB)
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Traffic Signal (372 KB)
- Sidewalks Construction Plan - Irish Rd Retaining Wall (660 KB)
- Image 1 (152 KB) - Sidewalk near the intersection of Old Lancaster Road and Howellville Road
- Image 2 (184 KB) - Sidewalk along Conestoga Road, between Bair Road and Cassatt Road
- Image 3 (244 KB) - Sidewalk along Old Lancaster Road, near Saint Monica's Cemetary
- Stormwater Management Measures - The proposed sidewalk design will incorporate several innovative stormwater management measures (Best Management Practices [BMPs]) that are designed to manage stormwater runoff produced by the installation of the sidewalks, as well as manage some additional roadway runoff currently affecting the area. The proposed Stormwater BMPs will incorporate shallow infiltration trenches underneath the proposed sidewalk and in several vegetated curbed bump-out areas along the proposed sidewalk route. Additional storm sewer inlets will be placed along the roadway shoulder in coordination with underground piping throughout infiltration trenches, which will direct remaining stormwater to the existing storm sewer system.
- Traffic Calming Measures - The proposed sidewalk design will incorporate a variety of measures that will allow for safer pedestrian travel, as well as aid in further control of vehicular traffic. Along the proposed sidewalk route, pedestrian crosswalks will be provided at each roadway crossing. Additional pedestrian crossing signage will be provided at crosswalk locations. In addition, two (2) Raised Pedestrian Crosswalks are proposed on Old Lancaster Road. One (1) Raised Crosswalk will be located in the vicinity of the existing T/E Middle School crosswalk, just to the east. The second Raised Crosswalk will be located in the vicinity of the Timothy School. The proposed Raised Crosswalks will function to provide better pedestrian visibility and slow traffic traveling through the school zones on Old Lancaster Road. In addition, the project is proposing to improve Conestoga Road between Irish Road and Old Lancaster Road to better define the roadway travel lanes, shoulders, signage, and lane striping. The improvements are aimed at controlling and calming traffic flow through the curve with the addition of the sidewalks. In addition, the Township and Consultant Team are investigating revisions to the existing PADOT School Zone Permits to further define and clarify the school zone limits throughout the entire Phase I Sidewalk Project area.
- Minutes and Information frompublic meetings held during project design:
- Minutes from the STAP Committee Coordination Meeting Meeting with the STAP Committee, the consultants of the Sidewalk Project, and the Township.
- Minutes from the Sidewalk Preliminary Design Meeting with PennDot, the consultants of the Sidewalk Project, and the Township.
- Minutes from the PADOT Field View Meeting.
- Q & A from the Public Meeting held on June 6, 2007.
Conestoga High School and Hillside Elementary
- Initial design began in the fall of 2008, but then was put on hold to focus on completion of the sidewalks project around Conestoga and T/E Middle School.
- Information from September 29, 2008 Public Meeting.
- Meeting Presentation (3.0 MB).
- Conestoga Rd (Keller Rd to Margo Ln) (428 KB).
- Howellville Rd (T/E Middle School to Old Lancaster Rd) (724 KB).
- Irish Rd (Conestoga High School to Greene Rd) - Preferred Alternative (400 KB).
- Irish Rd (Conestoga High School to Greene Rd) - Alternative #1 (380 KB).
- Irish Rd (Conestoga High School to Greene Rd) - Alternative #2 (380 KB).
- Conestoga Rd - Rendering (132 KB).
- Howellville Rd - Rendering (2.0 MB).
- Irish Rd - Rendering (248 KB).
Comments? Send email to: STAP@tredyffrin.org
Chester Valley Trail Update
The following map was assembled by the Chester County Department of Parks and Recreation and represents the proposed alignment as of November 28, 2007. This alignment is contingent upon several factors, including landowner negotiations for purchase or easement. Therefore, it should not be considered as an absolute, final alignment for the Trail.
Chester County Trail Map (538 KB)
Comments? Send email to: STAP@tredyffrin.org
Patriot's Path
Information on the Patriot's path can be found following the above link.
