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• Assisted PennDot on the design
features of high-priority road projects
in the county, such as the US-202
Markley Street reconstruction in
Norristown to make it pedestrian
and community friendly, the US-422
Expressway bridge replacement over
the Schuylkill River in Pottstown to
accommodate the Schuylkill River
Trail, and the new Sullivan’s bridge over
the Schuylkill River in Valley Forge
National Historical Park to connect the
Schuylkill River Trail to the park.
• Coordinated with local elected
officials on the passage of Act 89,
the new $2.3 billion annual state
transportation funding law.
• Worked with the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Transit Authority
(SEPTA) and both the Greater
Valley Forge and the Partnership
Transportation Management
Associations to provide a variety of
transit and other mobility options
throughout the county.
• Provided full staff support to the
Montgomery County Transportation
Authority (MCTA) in completing
the final design, land acquisition, and
construction management for the first
of three phases of the $60 million
Design work on the other phases is
under way; all three phases will be
completed by late 2016. Staff is also
assisting the MCTA to advance the
Ridge Pike corridor project.
• Assisted in acquisition for key
county bridge redevelopment
projects through MCTA.
Community Revitalization
Working to revitalize
our older communities
remained an important
goal in the county
in 2013. Over the
past year, our staff
assisted municipalities
in the completion
of existing county
revitalization grant
projects and provided
technical assistance
and information to
municipalities about revitalizing existing
downtown areas. In 2013, Schwenksville
completed its Perkiomen Trail parking
initiative, Royersford worked on its
streetscape project, and Conshohocken
and Hatboro worked on their wayfinding
systems. Lower Merion continued its
façade improvement program, and
Pottstown continued its downtown
business incentive program.
Four issues of our revitalization newsletter,
, were distributed
to provide useful information about
revitalization to local decision makers.
$60
million Lafayette Street reconstruction breaks ground in Norristown
4
issues of
Town Center News
delivered to over
2,000
people
Celebrating with a signed copy of the new transportation funding bill
are (L-R) GVF Assistant Director Maureen Farrell, MCPC Assistant
Director Leo Bagley, Montgomery County Commissioner Leslie
Richards, DVRPC Executive Director Barry Seymour, and MCPC
Executive Director Jody Holton.
