Birmingham Township’s 2016 Road Program is moving along smoothly, according to township roadmaster Dave Rathbun, but it’s going to come in over budget.
Rathbun told supervisors during their May 2 meeting that most of the work is finished and that all should be completed by early June. The projected cost right now is $228,000. The township had $225,000 budgeted. But that $3,000 overage will increase.
According to Rathbun, more work is needed on Knolls Road and Heartsease Drive, and a signal box at Route 926 and Birmingham Road needs to be moved. The additional costs will add another $17,000 to the bill.
Supervisors’ Chairman John Conklin said this is the year Birmingham can go over budget on the project since snowplowing costs this past winter were light.
In connection with moving the traffic signal box — which Conklin said has to be done because it’s frequently hit by vehicles — the board authorized the township engineering firm, Vandemark and Lunch, to act as its business agent in working with PennDOT to move the box.
Other business
• The board authorized the placement of a temporary event sign on Creek Road in connection with the Brandywine Conservancy’s Sept. 17 Bike Along the Brandywine.
The conservancy’s Meredith Mayer said the signs would go up in the vicinity of the meadow used for public parking during events at the Chadds Ford Historical Society. They’ll be put up in June and stay up until the event.
Mayer said the conservancy would contract with police for traffic control on the day of the ride. There will actually be two rides, one of 40 miles and the other of 80 miles. All riding will be on state roads that are part of Bike Route L and follow both branches of the Brandywine, starting and finishing at the Historical Society.
• Supervisors also agreed to allow Radley Run Country Club to hold a fireworks event on July 3. Country Club General Manager Joe Mendez said the event would be the same as last year.
Police Chief Tom Nelling said there were no complaints during last year’s event.
• Conklin, citing the success of the 2014 reenactment of the Battle of Brandywine, asked for, and received, support in principle from the other supervisors for a possible reenactment in September 2017, to coincide with the 240th anniversary of the battle, which was fought mostly in Birmingham Township. Details are to be worked out later.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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