The PEL Study will enable planning-level decisions to be carried forward, ensuring that National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements are integrated and planning analyses and decisions are not revisited. The information documented in the PEL Study will inform the NEPA process once initiated. For more information about PEL, please click here.
The PennDOT Project Team has coordinated closely with the school district during the planning for the K-1 Early Learning Center. To meet the access needs and planned schedule for the new school, RTMSD will construct the Rose Tree Road realignment included in the recommended alternative for the PennDOT project. PennDOT will continue to coordinate with the school district through the design and construction of the new school.
While the impacts of these recent developments are not fully known at this point, PennDOT will continue to coordinate with Riddle Hospital to understand their concerns and needs.
Proposed roadway improvements will reduce local traffic congestion, improve safety, improve air quality, and reduce the incident response time for emergency responders. The proposed sidewalks will allow pedestrians to safely access the hospital, shopping center, park, and other commercial establishments.
The improvements being studied are based on future traffic projections developed from an extensive traffic data collection program performed in April 2023. The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) concurred that by that point in time, traffic patterns had normalized in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and were appropriate for use in traffic modeling and future traffic projections.
PennDOT incorporated this data into DVRPC’s regional transportation model to develop traffic volume projections for the design year 2050. The model accounts for recent growth as well as any known future development identified in coordination with Middletown Township and Delaware County.
Yes, the closely spaced traffic signals will be interconnected for coordinated operation along U.S. 1 and Route 352. Implementation of adaptive traffic signal operation will be investigated in consultation with Middletown Township.
Environmental mitigation (such as sound barriers) will be considered as the impacts to various resources are determined during preliminary engineering and final design.
Provisions for pedestrian and bicycle traffic are being coordinated with the Delaware County Planning Department and Middletown Township. Coordination efforts will continue during the Preliminary Engineering.
During Preliminary Engineering and Final Design, construction staging schemes will be developed to maintain access to and from the Blackhorse Lane/Penn Charter Drive neighborhood. One option is to include construction of the Penn Charter Drive extension to Route 352 prior to construction impacts to the existing access point along Baltimore Pike.
E. Old Baltimore Pike will be converted to a cul-de-sac with pedestrian access to Route 352.
During Preliminary Engineering it will be further analyzed and coordinated with the stakeholders. Consolidation of both closely spaced “T” intersections would be considered based on the stakeholder input and traffic operations analysis.
The existing ramp pavement and bridge carrying the ramp over Baltimore Pike will be removed. The area where the ramp is located may be repurposed to stormwater management.
The lane configurations are based on current traffic counts and traffic projections. Should further traffic analysis identify refinement of the lane configurations is appropriate, we will consider revisions accordingly.
Sidewalk locations will be further coordinated with Middletown Township, Delaware County Planning Department, and SEPTA during Preliminary Engineering.
The improvements to the Route 352 and Route 452 intersection and additional lanes along Route 352 will reduce the queueing of traffic that can block the Bonsall Drive intersection. A “DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION” sign and pavement markings at the Bonsall Drive intersection will be implemented.
During preliminary engineering and final design phases, stormwater management facilities will be sized and designed.
As the next phases of the design progress, Right-of-Way impacts will be further defined. Once environmental studies have been completed and the final design gets underway, the project team will prepare plans for the acquisition of right-of-way and easements. See the Right-of-Way Acquisition Process link on the Resources page for more details.
Yes, there will be additional public participation opportunities during the development of the project. Additionally, the project website will be updated as required throughout the project duration.
The project limits have been set based upon the purpose and needs identified for the project. The project limits are shown on the various plans. Presently we do not foresee extending the limits of the project further south along Routes 352 or 452.
The need for noise barriers will be evaluated during the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Evaluation Phase. Additional public meeting(s) and special purpose meeting(s) will be held as the project progresses to discuss the possible use of noise barriers.
See the Noise Barrier Brochure 2011 PDF on PennDOT’s Highway Traffic Noise page for more details on the noise abatement process.
