March 9, 2018 - ChaddsFordLive.com

Help with trees

From Concord Township: As a result of the last two snow storms, the county is offering volunteer tree work assistance to private property owners in Delaware County. If you are interested in the county assistance for tree work needed on your property as a result of the storms on March 2 and 7, please email the township immediately and by no later than Monday morning at 9 a.m. Please email Ms. Marylou Worland at mworland@concordtownship.org and provide her with details on the tree work assistance needed, your name, telephone number, and property address. All emails received will be forwarded to the county and property owners will be notified if they are eligible for assistance. Please note that property owners interested in the volunteer assistance will need to fill out a liability release form.

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Roadwork for March 10 through March 16

Along the Ford

PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Mach 10 through March 16. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones.

• The ramp from the eastbound Route 30/Exton Bypass to northbound Route 202 in East and West Whiteland townships, will be closed at night next week for overhead bridge construction. The work schedule is: Tuesday, March 13, through Thursday, March 15, the ramp will be reduced to a single lane from 8:00 p.m. to 10 p.m., then closed completely from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning; and Friday, March 16, the ramp will be reduced to a single lane from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., then closed completely until 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17.

• Expect lane restrictions on S. Union Street, between W. Hillendale Road and Meadow Lane, in Kennett Township for utility installation March 12-16.

• There will a lane closure on the Baltimore Pike Bridge at Bancroft Road in New Garden Township, March 12-16 for test hole excavating.

• Utility installation will cause nighttime lane closures on Route 202, between Robin’s Nest Lane and Old Wilmington Pike in Westtown Township through March 17.

• Barrier installation continues to cause indefinite lane closures on Brandywine Creek Road, between Green Valley and Powell roads, in Newlin Township.

• Sunoco Pipeline has closed Route 352 at Boot Road in East Goshen Township, for pipe installation. The restriction is only for trucks traveling south and turning onto Boot Road. The daily closure will remain in effect through late December.

• Motorists should expect daytime lane restrictions on Pyle Road, between Route 202 and Concord Crossing, In Concord Township weekdays through April . 13 for utility installation.

• Periodic lane restrictions continue through Oct. 20, on Conchester Highway, between Route 1 and Foulk Road, in Concord Township.

• Station Road, between Concord Road and Conchester Highway, in Concord Township, is closed through Oct. 20, for road construction. Detours are posted.

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Sean Patrick Barrett of Chadds Ford

Obituaries

Sean Patrick Barrett, 49, of Chadds Ford, died suddenly on Feb. 25. He will be terribly missed by his loving wife Becky (nee Ralph), his children, Ryan, Brendan and Lyndsey (all at home), his parents Maryanne and Michael Barrett, his grandmother, Anne (MaMere) Lawless and his sister Colleen Barrett.

In addition to his immediate family, he will be greatly missed by his parents-in-law George and MaryAnna Ralph and his sister-in-law Stephanie Kager (Chris) and by a large extended family of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends who came to love Sean for his gentle humor and unfailing loyalty.

Sean grew up in the Schuylkill section of Philadelphia, attended Waldron Academy, St. Joseph’s Prep (Class of 1986) and St. Joseph’s University (Class of 1990). He was an avid athlete growing up in South Philly and upon moving to Chadds Ford in 1997, he quickly became a fixture as a coach and volunteer for his children’s basketball, soccer and baseball teams with KAU, URA and St. Cornelius CYO. He was a devoted father and was wistful in the knowledge that this spring was the first in over 20 years that he would not be in the dugout or in the outfield watching his children’s games.

Even after living in Chadds Ford for 20 years, he still maintained a very close relationship with his circle of friends from his childhood neighborhood and enjoyed getting together in South Philly or at the Jersey shore. In addition to summers at the beach, he loved to vacation with his family hiking and biking in Bar Harbor, Maine, and skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyo. He was employed by AWE of Chester for 10 years.

We will miss his wonderful storytelling, his charming smile, his approachable and welcoming way, his playfulness and quizzical nature, and most especially, his love for his family.

His funeral mass was held Friday, March 2 at St. Cornelius Church. Interment was at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Kennett Square.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate contributions to KAU Little League, 873 East Baltimore Pike, PMB #472, Kennett Square, PA 19348

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Ridge Road litigation stopped

Local News, Local News Chadds Ford, Local News Concord

Chadds Ford Township will not appeal the court decision that dismissed the township’s complaint against Pettinaro Construction and Concord Township. Chadds Ford has been fighting the planned widening of Ridge Road for more than a year.

Widening the road to six lanes for one-quarter of a mile is part of the commercial development at Ridge and Route 202 in Concord. But that stretch of road abuts and leads into Chadds Ford Township.

“I see no benefit in going forward…Our litigation is over,” said Chadds Ford Township Supervisors’ Chairman Frank Murphy during the March 8 Board of Supervisors’ meeting.

As he has said repeatedly during the last 15 months — as residents along Ridge Road have urged the township to fight the proposed widening — the die was already cast when he and the other supervisors came on to the board. Murphy was elected supervisor in 2013 and fellow Supervisors Samantha Reiner and Noelle Barbone were elected in 2015. Concord approved the project in 2008.

Reiner agreed with Murphy, saying the township had exhausted its appeals and should accept the advice of township solicitor Mike Maddren to drop litigation. Instead, she said, the township should work with PennDOT and with state Rep. Stephen Barrar and state Sen. Tom Killion to keep truck traffic off Ridge Road.

Barbone wasn’t at the meeting to offer her opinion, but Murphy said she felt the same as he and Reiner.

Plans for the development, The Shops at Ridge Road, call for the main entrance to be on Ridge. While southbound Route 202 traffic can enter and exit the site at two points on 202, northbound 202 traffic would have to turn left onto Ridge, then make another left into the property. Likewise, traffic wanting to go north on 202 after leaving the center, would have to exit onto Ridge, then turn right to the intersection.

Other business

Supervisors authorized the payment of $615,000 plus closing costs for Painters Folly. The settlement date is set for March 29.

The township will use the 4-acre site for open space and, according to Murphy, the purchase represents the first time the township is using open space funds for open space preservation.

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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