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Palmyra residents press borough on East Ridge drainage plan, ask for environmental study
Summary
Property owners and borough staff discussed revised drainage options for East Ridge Road and Melrose off-site stormwater; residents asked for water-quality and sinkhole-impact studies and clearer answers about easements after a previous PennDOT rejection.
Palmyra Borough officials and area residents discussed revised options for off-site stormwater drainage affecting East Ridge Road and the Melrose development, with landowners pressing the borough for environmental testing and clearer easement terms.
The discussion matters to nearby homeowners because proposed drainage routes would place runoff across private farmland and could affect pasture conditions and future land use. Residents said they had unanswered questions dating to earlier proposals and that PennDOT had rejected one earlier routing option.
Borough staff opened the item by saying the town was revisiting earlier options and noted that crossing the…
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