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Township asks PennDOT to evaluate Route 322 signals, approves sketches for two pedestrian improvements
Summary
After hearing from residents and the township engineer about safety gaps identified in a 2021 crosswalk study, the South Londonderry Township Board voted to ask PennDOT to evaluate speeds and signal timing along Route 322 and directed the engineer to prepare sketch plans for two high‑priority pedestrian improvements.
At its May 25, 2022 workshop in Palmyra, the South Londonderry Township Board of Supervisors voted to seek a PennDOT review of Route 322 and to authorize engineering sketch plans for two priority pedestrian improvements following a presentation on a 2021 crosswalk study.
Mike Knouse of Rettew presented highlights from the 2021 crosswalk study and identified high‑priority locations along the Route 322 corridor. Residents in attendance raised safety concerns at four signalized intersections, including Woodlawn Avenue and Northside Drive, citing crosswalk markings, signal timing, right turns on red and roadway speeds as contributing factors. The minutes note discussion of current crosswalk budgets and potential grants but do not list any dollar amounts.
Vice Chairman Jack Custer moved — and Member Bill Bova seconded — a motion directing the township manager and the engineer to initiate a letter to PennDOT requesting a speed‑limit evaluation along Route 322, to review each traffic signal permit, and to investigate adding a three‑second pedestrian phase to the light cycles and installing visual ("piano" style) crosswalk markings at the three traffic signals on Route 322. The motion was recorded as "Motion carried." The record does not list individual roll‑call votes.
Custer also moved, and Bova seconded, that Rettew prepare sketch plans for the Lynmar/Woodlawn Avenue and Northside Drive East pedestrian improvement projects identified as the highest priority items in the study and provide an anticipated schedule for those plans; that motion was also recorded as "Motion carried." The agenda and minutes indicate the board discussed pursuing grants and available crosswalk budget funding but provide no dollar amounts or timetable for construction.
Next steps recorded in the minutes: township staff and Rettew will proceed with the PennDOT correspondence and the preparation of sketch plans; Rettew is to provide an anticipated schedule for the two sketch‑plan efforts. No formal construction funding or timetable was adopted at the workshop.
