It was a quick night in Birmingham Township on Monday. Supervisors made a choice for the 2026 Road Program and agreed to support Brandywine Conservancy’s funding for restoration of the floodplain along the Brandywine Creek.
The Road Program contract went to Glasgow Inc. for a sum of $196,500. Roads to work on this year are Old Wilmington Pike, Faucett Drive, and a short spur, Deer Crossing Road, as an added alternative.
Boorse said that adding the alternative road allows the township to stay on schedule for repaving all the township’s roads over a 20-year period.
Glasgow had the lowest bid out of six different bidders, and Pennoni Engineering recommended that Glasgow be awarded the project.
Support for the conservancy came in the form of two letters from Supervisors’ Chairman Scott Boorse: one to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the other to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Both letters had already been drafted and only required a board vote of approval and Boorse’s signature.
The text was the same in both letters. Both said Birmingham Township supports the conservancy’s application for funding from both entities so the conservancy can move forward with the “planning, design and engineering for the restoration of the floodplains along the Brandywine Creek within and abutting Birmingham Township.”
No one from the conservancy attended the meeting.
Supervisors also voted to advertise a hearing on a renewal ordinance for the Verizon Cable Franchise.
All votes were 2-0 as Supervisor Dan Hill was not in attendance.
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.
