We have had meetings with Our Lady of Grace Cemetery regarding access to their property. They consider the frontage along US 1 as the main entrance, and we were told by them that their funeral procession uses the frontage road as it currently is and comes down from 413 to the cemetery entrance and that is the access they prefer to use.
The access off of Old Lincoln Highway they consider their back entrance. The portion from T-336, Parkvale Avenue, to the cemetery entrance will end up being converted to a two-way driveway for the cemetery, so that they can maintain their processionals as they currently are. Again, that was based on coordination with the cemetery directly.
At this time, we are still evaluating the impacts from the project and whether those would require/warrant a noise wall along the corridor, so some of that information is still being analyzed. At this point, we will have more details to come as the project continues further through the environmental analysis process, so at this time we do not know if that will be the case.
To access U.S. 1 south, motorists will use Highland Avenue to the new interchange at the south end of the project. U.S. 1 North will be accessible from Route 413.
There would be no traffic coming from U.S. 1 that would be cutting through the neighborhood as only traffic from the adjacent properties between Park Avenue and Fox Court will be using that portion of the service road.
Fox Court and Fee Avenue are currently part of PennDOT’s traffic model. Jeffrey Lane was not included in the report as it connects directly to the frontage road. It does a loop-around, so there is no real destination.
This crosswalk’s location has not been finalized. PennDOT is still looking at multiple options, with one being on the library’s side and a different option of where it is currently situated.
The project is looking at doing one side of the road with a crosswalk, not both sides. This is still being worked on in coordination with the borough.
Additionally, PennDOT is looking to put another crosswalk at Richardson Avenue intersection north of the stated location. That is all being coordinated with Langhorne Borough directly.
The starting point is just south of Neshaminy High School, and the end point is just north of the Corn Crib Road Overpass, which is roughly 2.5 miles of U.S. 1 mainline.
PennDOT will look at the traffic numbers. If it turns out that this is a major path for local traffic, the study will be revisited with consideration given to re-establishing the frontage road through that section, in coordination with the municipality because the frontage road would be turned over to them to maintain.
The current anticipated start time for Right of Way acquisitions is 2027.
There is a predicted 29% increase in the morning peak hours of 7-8 AM and an increase of 17% at peak afternoon hours of 4-5 PM.
The purpose of this project is to address safety along U.S. 1 through the frontage road corridor section. Traffic studies identified it as an unsafe, with numerous incidents of crashes, some with fatalities.
