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KING OF PRUSSIA, PA (January 31, 2002) -- The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) today announced the initial results of a survey taken at Tuesday nightıs (Jan. 29) public meeting on the Woodhaven Road Improvement Project in Northeast Philadelphia and Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County.
Of the 881 questionnaires with answers to the question, ³What build alternative do you feel best warrants further study², 48 percent favored the Bustleton Avenue alternative; 46 percent favored the Woodhaven Road Extension alternative, and 6 percent favored the Byberry Road upgrade alternative. This question of which alternative best warrants further study was not completed on 130 surveys.
Citizens participated in the Woodhaven Road survey by completing a paper questionnaire or answering at an electronic polling station at the meeting, or by completing the questionnaire on the Woodhaven Road project web site --- www.woodhavenroad.com. PENNDOT expects to have final results of the entire survey in late February.
Citizens who did not attend last Tuesdayıs public meeting can participate in the survey by completing the Woodhaven Road questionnaire on the project web site through February 8, 2002.
PENNDOT is surveying citizens to gain public insight on the alternatives under consideration. The survey results do not automatically eliminate any alternative or determine the future plan to improve traffic flow along the Woodhaven Road Corridor. PENNDOT will take this information under consideration as it determines the projectıs future course.
PENNDOT held Tuesday nightıs public meeting to update citizens and gather information on the proposed alternatives to extend the Woodhaven Road Expressway. The meeting was held at Lower Moreland High School.
Under the Woodhaven Road Environmental Impact Study, PENNDOT is evaluating alternatives to improve travel through the study area that stretches from the existing Woodhaven Road Expressway in Philadelphia into Lower Moreland Township. The alternatives developed to address recent traffic projections involve upgrading and improving Byberry Road, the Woodhaven Road Expressway, Bustleton Avenue, and major arterials that are part of the highway network within the study area.
Since the start of the study in 1993, PENNDOT has investigated 13 improvement alternatives to relieve traffic congestion in this part of Northeast Philadelphia and eastern Montgomery County. McCormick Taylor and Associates of Philadelphia is the engineering firm conducting the study for PENNDOT.
For more information on the Woodhaven Road study, visit the project website at www.woodhavenroad.com.
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