Ride on Bike Pottstown's free, bright yellow bicycles Saturday during a tour of the borough that includes a trek on the Schuylkill River Trail, a visit to Pottsgrove Manor, and lunch at Grumpy's Restaurant.
Transportation
A report from the state Transportation Funding Advisory Commission, to be delivered next week to Gov. Corbett, is in part expected to recommend approval of enabling legislation that would allow highways like U.S. Route 422 and others to be tolled.
Mustang lovers alert! A car show you'll enjoy is scheduled for this Saturday in Boyertown.
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.
Two Republican candidates running to become Montgomery County commissioners, Bruce Castor and Jenny Brown, on Wednesday said they oppose tolling on U.S. Route 422.
The state representative whose district covers Pottstown, Lower Pottsgrove, and Limerick wondered if funds to be "dedicated" to U.S. Route 422 wouldn't some day find their way to other projects.
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.
Pottstown wants to attract more business to its tax base. So does neighboring Lower Pottsgrove Township, and other municipalities. A new study could determine how, if at all, every entity can win.