The new “village” plan for the Crossings (hotel, apartments, stores/restaurants), this will not only cause back-up traffic at the Rt. 30/Harrisburg Pike interchange but will also cause gridlock on Harrisburg Pike. High Real Estate plans to widen Harrisburg Pike from the interchange to the entrance to the Crossings (with the help of federal and state money) but has said that the railroad bridge on Harrisburg Pike is NOT BEING REBUILT.
There will be a bottleneck at this bridge, resulting in congestion and no doubt accidents. “Narrow the nozzle of a hose and you increase the pressure.”
Interesting, their drawings don’t show the bridge. They stop just short of it. Smart. Why show on paper what is bound to be a problem when you want to push your project through? I’d do the same thing if I was a developer.
WATCHDOG: Developers usually bear the cost of improvements to roads and other infrastructure required to serve their projects. Nevertheless, there are a few developers with lobbyists and political clout who specialize in passing the normal costs of of doing business onto the tax payers.
…It is in your self-interest to attend the MT and Lancaster Township commissioners meeting to become informed and be involved! High is pushing this through at breakneck speed, having already had talks with the Lanc. Co. Planning Commission, PennDOT, the Manheim Twp. Commissioners and the MT Planning Commission – who gave them the amendments in the zoning code they asked for – amendments that apply to the entire township and not just the future Crossings tract.
You also need to talk with your neighbors. Because they will all be affected by this totally unnecessary “mixed use” real estate development, located in a flood plain that will certainly cause flooding downstream.