The long-sought news fell on few ears, but the news was appreciated nonetheless.
Only two residents were in the audience when Township Manager Kathy Howley announced during the Aug. 19 Board of Supervisors’ meeting that PennDOT has agreed to reduce the speed limit on Route 1 to 45 mph for the entire length of the township. One of the residents applauded the news.
Supervisor Scotty Scottoline called it a “surprisingly fast response” since it only took two months.
Howley explained that a resident implored the board in June to ask PennDOT to lower the speed limit because she and others had so much difficulty getting out of their driveways that exit onto the highway.
While she has not yet received any formal letter announcing the change, Howley said she was told about the change by phone and that some of the speed limit signs have already been changed.
The last change for the Route 1 speed limit in Pennsbury occurred three years ago when PennDOT reduced the speed to 45 mph between the Brandywine Creek and the Knolls development at Constitution Drive. Howley said it took at least six months for that to happen.
Other business
Howley also announced that there would be a tag sale at the Hope House Thursday trough Saturday, Sept. 3, 4 and 5. The Hope House is on the lot to the west of the township municipal building. Sale times are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
The house had been used as an antique store, but when the township bought the property and the tenant moved out, merchandise was left behind and it will be sold off. Howley and Scottoline both said there’s “a lot of stuff” to be sold.
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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