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Resident urges review of SEPTA bus stop at Schoolhouse Lane; council directs engineer to investigate
Summary
A resident described a potentially hazardous bus stop placement at Schoolhouse Lane and asked the township to coordinate with SEPTA; council asked the engineer to examine the location.
A resident raised safety concerns about a SEPTA bus stop at Schoolhouse Lane during the public‑comment portion of the Concord Township Council meeting on Aug. 6 and the council directed the township engineer to review the curbside location with SEPTA input.
Dave Cleary, 72 Schoolhouse Lane, described seeing a passenger disembark from a SEPTA bus and become “pinned between that 3 foot high concrete wall and the roadway,” and urged the township to allow project participants to raise safety concerns earlier in the process rather than routing questions only to the solicitor. “I would like our engineer to look into the placement of the bus stop with SEPTA's input,” he said.
Cleary recounted prior safety adjustments on Schoolhouse Lane, including installation of a deceleration lane and removal of a left turn at Baltimore Pike, and argued the current bus stop location left riders standing near a right‑turn lane. In response, Council President said the engineer would examine the stop location and coordinate with SEPTA; the council did not take formal action or vote on the matter during the meeting.
The item will move to staff review; the engineer was asked to determine whether relocation or other mitigations are warranted and to report back to council.
