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Resident urges multi‑borough push for new flyover bridge after repeated truck jams
Summary
A Homestead Borough resident asked Monroe Borough Council to join a regional effort urging the state to build a new flyover bridge, citing repeated tractor‑trailer jams, emergency‑access concerns and planned nearby housing that would worsen traffic.
Dwayne Schulte, a Homestead Borough resident and member of the Homestead Council, asked Monroe Borough Council on June 17 to join a multi‑municipality effort urging Pennsylvania’s transportation secretary to build a new flyover bridge near the waterfront to reduce recurring traffic blockages.
Schulte told the council he has documented incidents in which large vehicles became stuck at the Flyover Bridge, blocking ramps and backing traffic into the waterfront area. “If there's a truck jammed up and can't get through that flyover bridge and we have a train stuck on the tracks,” Schulte said, “the entire intersection from 837 into the waterfront was backed up,” creating a…
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