PHILADELPHIA PA – Planning for the future of the U.S. Route 422 corridor between King of Prussia PA and Reading PA continued Friday (Aug. 14, 2009), with a scheduled meeting on Independence Mall of consultants and experts who said they wanted to help determine what happens with the highway during the next 20 years.
The meeting “is the initial piece” to find consultants who ultimately will bid on a chance to study “traffic and revenue potential, and future highway capital costs” for needed improvements to 422, Montgomery County (PA) Planning Commission Assistant Director Leo Bagley explained last week by e-mail.
Passengers wait at the Norristown rail station for the R-6 train to take them into Philadelphia.
They will also look, Bagley noted, at “potential capital costs” for extending SEPTA‘s R-6 rail service from Norristown to Reading, as well as “the public outreach necessary as the region examines various tolling options” for the limited-access, four-lane road.
The Philadelphia-based Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) advertised for, and was to have conducted, the “Expression of Interest” meeting regarding the corridor at the ACP Building, 190 N. Independence Mall West.
No firm or individual has yet been hired for work the meeting was expected to cover. Friday’s gathering, both Bagley and DVRPC Contracts Manager John Griffes indicated, was more along the lines of a meet-and-greet session. Potential bidders introduced themselves, got questions about the studies and needs answered, picked up required documents, and scoped out competitors.
In coming weeks, Bagley said, DVRPC is expected to issue a request for proposals to which bidders would respond, possibly by September (2009). With those in hand, according to Bagley, DVRPC “will hopefully award a contract” in October to get the studies under way.
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