Cover of the 422 Master Plan Summary Report.

UPPER MERION PA – Supervisors in Upper Merion (PA) Township last week (July 22, 2010) voted unanimously to endorse the U.S. Route 422 master plan for land use and transportation study purposes, but pointedly noted they were not making a statement on tolling the highway, The (Norristown PA) Times-Herald newspaper reported Monday (July 26).

The plan affects several municipalities in Montgomery, Chester and Berks counties, and lays out a vision for greater efficiency in land use, more reliance on transportation alternatives like mass transit, and improvements to the 25-mile limited access road that runs between King of Prussia and Reading. It suggests that imposing tolls on 422 drivers could be one way to finance those improvements, but that issue is being studied separately.

As is so far known, three municipalities – Upper Merion, Limerick and East Vincent townships – have favored endorsement. Several others are likely to vote on an endorsement in coming weeks, including the Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners.

Related (to U.S. Route 422 Corridor planning):

• Another Township Endorses 422 Master Plan
• Neighboring Limerick Supervisors Endorse 422 Master Plan
• Understand 422 Plan Endorsement, Lower Pottsgrove Advised
• Lower Pottsgrove Holds On 422 Plan Endorsement
• Engineers Claim PA Roads Worse Now Than In 2006
• Tuesday Session Tackles Funding For 422 And Elsewhere
• Tolls, Lower Pottsgrove Station Part Of 422 Plan
• Pending Decision May Affect Route 422 Projects
• Last Day For Your Say On Route 422 Plan
• Notebook Worthy (Aug. 24, 2009)
• Consultants Express Interest In Studying 422
• Don’t Like 422 Tolling? Website Wants Your Alternative
• Truckers Alerted On Highway Partnerships Bill
• In 422 Debate, Time A Hindrance And Help
• Notebook Worthy (June 29, 2009)
• Growth, Planners Say, Is 422’s Growing Problem
• Tech Used To Draw For 422 Meetings
• Route 422 Toll Meetings Next Week
• 422 Repairs, Delays Start Tuesday
• 422 Proposal, Like Traffic, Creeps Ahead
• Got A Route 422 Idea? Time To Air It
• Train Service On The Front Burner Once More

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