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Residents press Middletown to oppose PennDOT access‑road removals on Route 1 project
Summary
Neighbors and Langhorne Open Space members urged supervisors to oppose PennDOT plans that would end access roads to Route 1, saying traffic would be diverted onto narrow residential streets and could harm emergency response times and quality of life.
Multiple residents from Jeffrey Lane and surrounding neighborhoods urged the board to press PennDOT to keep existing access roads open as part of the RC3 project, arguing that closing entries and exits to Route 1 would route heavy traffic through narrow residential streets. Carol Zetterberg of Langhorne Open Space said the group represents more than 200 families and asked the township to adopt a clear statement opposing removal of access roads; she warned that PennDOT’s language that it will "discourage traffic as much as possible" left residents without concrete protections.
Barry Trueschel, mayor of Langhorne Borough, told the board a truck‑study documents potential impacts and said the loss of access points could lengthen emergency response times in ways that threaten public health. Board members and the interim township manager said staff had met with PennDOT and that the township relayed a preference to retain as many access points as possible; residents asked the board to convert that preference into a formal opposition statement to strengthen negotiations with PennDOT.
