PennDOT to Hold Public Hearing on Headquarters Road Bridge Replacement in Tinicum Township

PennDOT to Hold Public Hearing on Headquarters Road Bridge Replacement in
Tinicum Township

11/29/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will hold a public
hearing for the replacement of the Headquarters Road over Tinicum Creek
bridge
project in Tinicum Township, Bucks County, on Tuesday, December 13,
beginning
at 6:30 PM.

The public hearing will be held at Palisades High School which is located
at 35
Church Hill Road, Kintersville. The hearing will give citizens an
opportunity
to give testimony to PennDOT on the Department's draft Categorical
Exclusion
Evaluation (CEE) for the project's recommended preferred alternative:
Two-lane
bridge replacement. Three minutes will be allotted to each speaker. An
opportunity for private testimony will also be available and written
comments
will be accepted.

The draft CEE is available for review at the Tinicum Township Building at
163
Municipal Road, Pipersville; Pipersville Free Library at 7114 Old Easton
Road,
Pipersville; The Tinicum Conservancy at 965 River Road, Erwinna; Bucks
County
Conservation District at 1456 Ferry Road, Doylestown; and PennDOT
Engineering
District office at 7000 Geerdes Boulevard, King of Prussia. The draft CEE
can
also be viewed online at
https://search.paprojectpath.org/PostingDetails.aspx?ProjectID=688&PostingID=252

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There will also be an open house plans display from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM,
where
citizens will have the opportunity to circulate among the various subject
displays to gather information and discuss the different facets of the
project
with PennDOT's project team.

Written comments on the draft CEE should be submitted to the Disttrict
Office
by Janurary 12th, 2017. Please address all correspondence to:
Ryan M. Whittington, E.I.T. Consultant Project Management (HNTB)
PA Department of Transportation
Engineering District 6-0
7000 Geerdes Boulevard, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Heaqd
PennDOT closed Headquarters Road on March 2, 2011, between Red Hill Road
and
Tankhannen Road, due to deterioration of the concrete deck.

The posted detour directs motorists over Red Hill Road, Dark Hollow Road,
and
Route 32 (River Road). Trucks are being detoured over Route 611, Route
413,
Stump Road/Tohickon Hill Road, and Route 32 (River Road).

PennDOT closed the bridge after an inspection discovered a 3 ½-foot-by-1 ½-
foot- wide hole in the bridge deck. The bridge was reduced to one lane in
April 2010, due to damage to the sidewalls.

The three-span, concrete encased I-beam bridge was built in 1919. It is 80

feet long and 18 feet wide. The structure carried 638 vehicles a day and
was
posted with a 10-ton weight limit at the time of its closure.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by
visiting
www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides
traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 770 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and
Android
devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts
accessible
on the 511PA website.

For more PennDOT information, visit www.penndot.gov. Follow Local PennDOT
Information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAPhilly, and follow the
department on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/pennsylvaniadepartmentoftransportation and Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot.

MEDIA CONTACT: Charles Metzger, 610-205-6801


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