SANATOGA PA – An extension of Sunnyslope Drive in Sanatoga village, located off Welsh Drive southeast of North Pleasant View Road, is the newest property acquisition of Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township.
Just the road, not any land surrounding it.
It’s common that, once most development projects are completed to a municipality’s satisfaction, it usually owns and assumes responsibility for maintenance of roads built there. Until late last month, the extension of Sunnyslope Drive – on which a four-lot subdivision was approved in 1985 – was an overlooked exception to that rule.
The township has been providing services there, tasks like snow plowing and pothole patching and gutter cleaning, for more than two decades. But Manager Rodney Hawthorne determined it never received what is known as a deed of dedication, which transfers the roadbed’s ownership from the developer to it.
That problem is now solved. The township Board of Commissioners unanimously approved dedication of the road section, and accepted the deed, during its Sept. 28 (2011) meeting.
Related (to the Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners’ meeting of Sept. 28):
- On Sunnyslope Drive, Acquisition Better Late Than Never
- Conflict Waiver Keeps Township Out Of An Ethical Jam
- Lower Pottsgrove August 2011 Warrants Now Online
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