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Spring House Intersection Improvement Project
Spring House Intersection Improvement Project
UPDATE:
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The Township has updated their permit with PennDot to modify the signals at the intersection. The signalization issues at the intersection are being addressed. Other than that, the project is complete.
Project Summary
The Spring House Intersection Widening Project is being funded through a PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund Grant. When construction is done, at the intersection there will be:
- a left turn lane, two through lanes and a right-turn lane on Sumneytown Pike heading eastbound toward Norristown Road;
- two through lanes on Sumneytown Pike heading westbound from the intersection;
- widening on Norristown Road to extend the length of the 2nd through lane westbound toward the intersection;
- traffic signal improvements, sidewalk and trail modifications on both sides of the intersection, and ADA ramp upgrades.
Linked below are aerial diagrams depicting how the intersection will look post construction.
Other Construction Projects:
Land Development Projects Under Construction:
- Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School- 1345 Sumneytown Pike: Project consists of an expansion to the existing the school, new walkways/paths, parking lot reconfiguration and associated stormwater management facilities.
- Spring House Innovation Park-727 Norristown Road: Project consists of the construction of an additional parking lot for Building 14 and a 1,942 square-foot electrical substation building. Other improvement includes grading work, installation of a retaining wall, interior sidewalks, landscaping and a subsurface stormwater management facility.
- Johns Lane Subdivision-776 Johns Lane: Single-Family residential subdivision consisting of the creation of 5 new building lots off of an extension of Johns Lane. Site work and clearing have started.
- Janssen-1400 McKean Road: Project consists of culvert including the removal of accumulated sediment and channel restoration at two culverts near the intersection of McKean Road and Wooded Pond and Warren Road. Janssen will also be adding a new parking lot.
- GMU-Francis M. Maguire Healthcare Innovation Center-1325 Sumneytown Pike: Project consists of the construction of a 2-story healthcare facility with new parking lot, renovations to an existing parking lot, walkways, landscaping, and lighting improvements. The plans also include the installation of a stormwater basin.