New Pedestrian Crosswalks Coming To Hatboro

HATBORO, PA —With changes coming to the borough in terms of the new Wawa and the possible construction of apartments and retail as part of the Town Use Ordinance, officials are also focusing on safety, especially with the anticipated additional foot traffic.

Hatboro officials have announced three upcoming pedestrian improvement projects that will increase pedestrian safety and walkability throughout the borough.

The projects include crosswalk improvements and an overhead flasher at York and Williams, crosswalk improvements and an overhead flasher at York and Summit, and the installation of an overhead flasher at Jacksonville and Meadowbrook.

Borough officials discussed the crosswalks at Monday's Borough Council meeting, in which Borough Engineer Kellie Goff showed off an artist rendering of the York and Williams crosswalk, which goes from the former Bernie's eatery to the Gamburg's Furniture store.

These projects are being performed with assistance from $274,056 in grant funding from the DCED Multimodal Transportation Fund, $83,550 in funding from the ARLE Grant Program, and $142,748.00 in grant funding from the Montgomery County Transportation Program.

"The borough is extremely thankful to the Commonwealth agencies and Montgomery County for selecting the borough for this funding and helping to make a safer environment for pedestrians and motorists alike," the borough said.

Goff said for the York and Williams crosswalk that there will be a new bump out heading northbound on York Road near Gamburg's that eliminate a parking space in which it was difficult for pedestrians to see approaching vehicles.

"It's going to be a lot safer to cross," she said.

Deputy Police Chief Mark Ruegg suggested removing the closest southbound parking spot to the crosswalk as well due to line-of-site issues for pedestrians.

Goff said the contract for the project is 120 days and that it will take eight weeks to complete the installation of the crosswalks at the three intersections.