During a road tour of the 10th Senate District with state Department of Transportation officials, state Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) announced planned road repair projects, highlighted needed improvements, and applauded recent work.
The road tour featured several roads within the readership area. A list of roads in the 10th Senate District that require repair was shared by Santarsiero during the tour. PennDOT receives submissions from constituents and municipalities, which are updated regularly, said Santarsiero’s staff.
“Many of our roadways are showing their age and need repair and repaving to meet growing traffic demands in our region.”
From his district office in Newtown Township, he traveled to Lower Makefield, Falls Township and Morrisville. He met with officials in each municipality.
It was requested that Stony Hill Road be repaved between the Newtown Bypass and Heacock Road in Lower Makefield Twp. North and South Oxford Valley Roads show signs of concrete deterioration. An update was requested on the roundabout construction project located south of Lincoln Highway in Falls Twp at Bristol Oxford Valley Road and North Oxford Valley Road. In Falls Twp Hood Boulevard will be resurfaced by 2025, a busy intersection that is highlighted by PennDOT, according to Santarsiero’s media spokesperson.
“Intersections like this one in Falls Township are so important both because of the commercial roadway along New Falls Road and the proximity to Pennsbury High School. The resurfacing of this roadway will keep our students, both walkers and those driving to school, safe while also improving the roadway along a busy economic corridor in the township.”
In Morrisville Borough, at the corner of S. Pennsylvania Avenue and E. Cleveland Avenue, trucks weighing more than 10 tons will soon be banned on S. Pennsylvania Avenue. It took a decade of advocacy, traffic studies, traffic calming measures, and public meetings for Pennsylvania Avenue to become a reality. Following the installation of signage, PennDOT officials announced the ban would take place late this year, said the spokesperson.
+The 10th Senate District includes Bristol Borough, Bristol Township, Buckingham Township, Chalfont Borough, Doylestown Borough, Doylestown Township, Falls Township, Lower Makefield Township, Morrisville Borough, New Britain Borough, New Britain Township, New Hope Borough, Newtown Borough, Newtown Township, Plumstead Township, Solebury Township, Tullytown Borough, Upper Makefield Township and Yardley Borough.