Project Update

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) conducted four (4) Neighborhood Workshops for the Woodhaven Road Project in March 2008. Over 300 local residents and stakeholders attended these workshops to learn about the new "Community Connections" concept, and provide comments and feedback to project team members. PennDOT is in the process of reviewing comments and feedback received at the workshops, and will make a determination regarding next steps after this review is complete. Please continue to visit this website for the latest news and information regarding the Woodhaven Road Project.

Community Connections is a New Direction

The intention of Community Connections is to work with Philadelphia residents to develop an appropriate transportation improvement for their neighborhood. This is a community improvement that would address local transportation needs, with a focus on providing traffic relief to Byberry Road in Somerton and improving neighborhood circulation.

In the past, residents expressed concerns that previously considered alternatives were focused on addressing regional traffic mobility, which would attract unwanted traffic and cause unwanted impacts. In response to these concerns, Community Connections was conceived with these basic goals in mind:

• Engage the public in design before an alternative is finalized.
  
• Address local congestion, not regional mobility.
  
• Don't attract new traffic to the community.
  
• Any transportation improvement should also be about the community, not just the motorist.