$1M Lighting Upgrades Coming For Horsham Business Park

HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA —The Pennsylvania Lifestyle Campus will be basking in lights in the near future, allowing residents in a nearby upscale apartment complex to walk around more safely at night, officials said.

Horsham Township Council unanimously approved awarding a $1,061,651 bid to Carr and Duff to install 97 lights around the business park near the 555 Flats on Dresher Road as part of a pedestrian lighting project.

"We've been at this for a little while," Township Manager Bill Walker told the council at its meeting Wednesday night.

Walker said that 97 new street lamps will be installed around the Pennsylvania Lifestyle Campus as part of the township's master plan for the office park.

The lights will be installed around Dresher Road, Prudential Road, Gibralter Road, and a section of Whitmer Road.

"When the sun goes down, it will no longer be a dark, desolate area," Walker said.

Township officials did not state when the work would begin nor a date for completion.

Walker said the lights will make the area more pedestrian-friendly and attractive to new businesses.

"People who live in those apartments will be able to walk to stores and restaurants more safely and securely," Walker said.

Walker said the township received three bids for the project with the lowest being awarded to Carr and Duff.

The other two were for $1,272,232.12 and $1,191,611.81.

What may also be significant, Walker told the council, is that all three bids for the first time since inflation came in under the township's budget of $1.5 million.

"Maybe that's a good sign," Council President Mark McCouch said.