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Taneytown connector road at Memorial Park held up after State Highway flags stormwater runoff
Summary
City staff said State Highway review found the Memorial Park connector design would exceed the agency's 1% stormwater runoff limit by 0.2 percentage points if a proposed sidewalk is included; staff are seeking on-site talks with SHA and an easement has been prepared with a neighboring property for revised storm piping.
Taneytown Parks and Recreation staff said plans for a connector road at Memorial Park are delayed after a State Highway Administration review found the project would exceed SHA's 1% stormwater runoff threshold if the design keeps a sidewalk from St. Joseph's Church to the connector road.
The difference is small on paper but significant in review: staff said the engineered plan including the sidewalk yields 1.2% runoff versus the 1.0% limit, and the new SHA reviewer is focused on stormwater. Parks staff said they will ask SHA representatives to…
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