PennDOT has met with representatives from the Our Lady of Grace Cemetery and was told they prefer to retain access to the entrance along the existing service road. The existing service road in front of the cemetery is currently proposed to be converted to a two-way driveway to facilitate ingress and egress to their main entrance.
This plan makes everyone who lives on the south side of RT-1, in the Parkland and Langhorne area, take East Highland Avenue. Is there going to be any improvement to this road E. Highland Ave)? It is not the safest road to travel on as it has no shoulders, its hilly and has several sharp turns.
Improvements to East Highland Avenue are not currently part of this project.
You have a service road going from Hulmeville Ave to Hill Ave, is this for the driveway that belongs to the house (505 Hulmeville Ave) that is 3’ from the road. Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to buy the house then putting in a new road and upkeep for this road? This is the only house that does not have any yard between it and the road and would make sense to take it down.
Thank you for your input. PennDOT works to reduce impacts to adjacent properties to the extent possible and must have engineering justification to acquire property.
For the RC2 plan there were sound barriers installed on the south side of Route 1 near the Neshaminy high school. There will be as many if not more traffic traveling on the RC3 portion of the highway. We would be surprised once the findings come out that there will be required in some area where there is housing close to the highway. Now sound barriers only work well when there is no interruption in them. Wouldn’t this eliminate all if not many of the service roads and driveway access as there is not enough room for both. Are you working on a plan to have sound barriers installed and when will that be available to the public.
A detailed noise study is being completed for the project. If warranted, reasonable and feasible in accordance with PennDOT Publication 24, noise walls will be proposed as part of this project. In areas where noise walls are proposed, the local impacted property owners will have a vote on whether to accept the noise wall. A simple majority will determine whether the potential proposed noise wall will be incorporated into the project.
I have just watched the virtual meeting and I found it very informative. I was wondering to what extent bicycle paths have been considered for the Northbound side of the service road. Also when it comes to the elimination of the service road in front of North Street I find that it would be potentially problematic. We will not have anywhere for people to park when we have friends over. We need the service road to entertain guests.
The preferred alternative removes the portion of the service road parallel to North Street. This area will be used for stormwater conveyance in the build condition along with a potential multi-use trail.
The meeting showed that the current Access Road coming from Neshaminy to Langhorne will end at Fox Court to allow access to those houses as well as Timber. Will there be access on to Route 1 from Fox Court or just an access to get off?
Access to US 1 from the Fox Court area will be via the proposed interchange at Highland Avenue.
I live near the intersection of Bellevue Avenue and West Highland Avenue in Langhorne Manor, and I am concerned about how the proposed roundabout will affect my property.
As the project is still in the initial Environmental Assessment phase of development, property impacts have not been determined at this time and are subject to change. If your property (or a portion of your property) is needed for the project, a PennDOT representative will contact you once plans have been prepared for the Acquisition of Right-of-Way in the final design phase of the project. At this time, Right-of-Way Acquisition is not anticipated to begin until late 2026 / early 2027.
No issues with plan, but hoping sound barrier walls will be installed for Highland residents so close to the highway. Can we install sound barrier walls for the residential houses from Highland Ave exit up? The sound from the highway is detrimental to property sales.
A detailed noise study is being completed for the project. If warranted, reasonable and feasible in accordance with PennDOT Publication 24, noise walls will be proposed as part of this project. In areas where noise walls are proposed, the local impacted property owners will have a vote on whether to accept the noise wall. A simple majority will determine whether the potential proposed noise wall will be incorporated into the project.
Do the right thing and avoid disrupting neighborhood streets and use of eminent domain of people’s homes. Try relocation of the roundabout to the West Ave Interchange and keep it scaled so that these plots of land WITHOUT HOMES can be used here. In all circumstances proposed DO NOT USE PINE AVE/ROUTE 413 for cross traffic. We are a small walkable community, PINE AVE is where the LIBRARY is, and the PLAYGROUND and our brain-injury school population uses Pine Ave in their wheelchairs to be active in the community, go to stores, go to library. PINE AVE is the heart of Langhorne Borough. Your family wouldn’t like this disruption so don’t do it to US.
Pine Street is expected to have a relatively minor 4% traffic increase (85 additional vehicles out of 1330 total vehicles) south of Flowers Avenue in the PM Peak versus the existing condition. PA 413 / Pine Street is a State-owned principal arterial that provides traffic movement through the region between Penndel and Newtown in the existing condition.
The proposed project will not change this travel pattern. An interchange at West Interchange Road will completely disrupt travel patterns in the area and put undue stress on roads as traffic would move from the West Interchange Road area to PA 413 to head to Newtown or Penndel.
The proposed design includes bicycle and pedestrian accommodations not currently present along PA 413 to connect Langhorne Manor and Langhorne and connects areas with sidewalks and a sidepath to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. Additionally, PennDOT is coordinating with Langhorne Borough to include traffic calming and pedestrian safety improvements from the Flowers Avenue intersection north to the PA 213 (Maple Avenue) intersection.
There are a number of people who take the bus to and from work at Woods Services. The bus stop they use is at PA 413 (Pine St) and Woods Dr. I would very much like to see an area reserved for a bus shelter on both the southbound and northbound sides of PA 413. I have empathy for those people who have to wait for a bus in bad weather with no shelter. Are there any plans for an area reserved for a bus shelter? I am not asking PENNDOT to provide the bus shelter only that an area set aside so other organizations can provide the shelter (ex. Rotary Club of Langhorne).
PennDOT will be actively coordinating with SEPTA to accommodate relocating the bus stops along the widened roadway and to potentially provide concrete pads for future bus shelters.