Round 5 Update

As the Board of Supervisors heard during the Conditional Use Hearing, members of the Zoning Hearing Board heard from noted traffic expert Frank Tavani that if the Weis Markets were allowed to proceed, traffic conditions would remain an “F” (F=Failure) on Sullivan Trail. Succinctly, if this project does move forward, we will see 100x more traffic, or a 10,000% increase.

Courtney Lomax from the Express-Times offers a fairly vanilla and brief piece in today’s paper. Fortunately, Madeleine Mathias from the Morning Call provides a much more comprehensive and balanced report.

There were a few chuckles to be had last night. Specifically,

• Every time a reference was made to the citizens having an opportunity to have input on this project, we were reminded that on all previous occasions the citizens made it abundantly clear that they were opposed to this proposal. Sadly, as usual, the majority of the Board ignored the wishes of the people on this project as well as most other concerns raised with the board.
• We heard how we should count on the Board of Supervisors to protect us. Do not tell that to the people who were flooded out as recently as 3 weeks ago do to poor storm water management and planning in the township. Perhaps the Board should stick to doing what they seem to do best such as buying over-priced tables, hiring and firing town managers every couple of years and providing them with lucrative severance packages, giving themselves township jobs and accepting 60% pay increases.
• That there appears to be no safety study done for this project, including FAA review due to the airport across the street.

Round six of this process is scheduled for Monday, April 16, 2007, 7:30 pm at the Municipal Building. Hope to see you there!