Posted on 31 January 2012. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, population forecasts
It’s not what might be called “explosive growth,” but the township could see a steady rise in its population over the next three decades, according to the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Limerick will balloon in comparison. Other neighbors? Not so much.
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Posted in Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Sanatoga, Transportation
Posted on 06 October 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Gov. Tom Corbett, The Pennsylvania Independent, tolling, U.S. Route 422
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission acknowledged Tuesday it could not, and would not try, to go further with its proposal to toll U.S. Route 422. There was just too much public and political opposition, its executive director said.
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Posted in Local, Transportation
Posted on 02 September 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, economy, Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Committee
The public can take charge, for a night at least, in guiding where the local economy is headed. Offer comments about growing commerce in and attracting business to greater Pottstown during a Sept. 8 meeting at Pottstown High School.
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Posted in Business, Employment, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown
Posted on 28 June 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Committee, U.S. Route 422
Why start with proposed tolls on U.S. Route 422 rather than on other major local highways? Essentially, it was explained last week, because there are few other options for substantial traffic improvements there.
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Posted in Pottstown, Transportation
Posted on 27 June 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Committee, U.S. Route 422
Travel between proposed tolling points on U.S. Route 422 would continue to be free for local commuters, if the plan ever gets approved, a regional official told planners Wednesday in Pottstown.
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Posted in Pottstown, Transportation
Posted on 08 June 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, U.S. Route 422
Proponents of a plan to establish electronic tolls on U.S. Route 422, through Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove and Pottstown, appeared to make headway Monday with a 42-member state commission.
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Posted in Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Transportation
Posted on 07 June 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Committee
Take a survey, tell all (confidentially, of course) and help Lower Pottsgrove, the borough of Pottstown, and their municipal neighbors learn how to mutually thrive.
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Posted in Business, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottstown
Posted on 01 June 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Lower Pottsgrove Board of Commissioners, Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Committee, U.S. Route 422
Lower Pottsgrove wants to attract more business to its tax base. So does Pottstown, and other surrounding municipalities. A new study could determine how, if at all, every entity can win.
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Posted in Business, Employment, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Transportation
Posted on 27 May 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, U.S. Route 422
How much do you know about alternatives to commuting on U.S. Route 422, like carpools and public transportation? Regional planners want to find out, and are offering you a incentive to take their survey.
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Posted in Transportation
Posted on 10 May 2011. Tags: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Montgomery County police chiefs and emergency dispatchers are among more than 150 people expected to attend a meeting today in Philadelphia about clearing traffic incidents quickly and safely.
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Posted in Fire, Montgomery County, Police, Safety, Transportation