The Road Less (well not) Traveled...Prologis Prkwy

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both

Well, Robert Frost would have no choice to make regarding his path from Palmer to Lower Nazareth as Lower's officials refuse to open Prologis Parkway.

The Express-Times' Joe Owens not too long ago expressed his displeasure with Lower Nazareth Township for creating a road named Prologis Parkway, installing a stoplight on route 248 to access this Parkway, and then deciding it is not for the public to use (ie it remains finished, but unopened - read my post on that post here).

Fellow placeblogger, Chris Moren of Tatamy, recentlymade a post on the same topic (read it here) and therein indicates that Lower Nazareth officials are holding up the opening of the road as a tactic to force Palmer Township to enter a municipal agreement (the closure connects Palmer residents with Route 33 and the Crossings, thereby impacting them more than Lower residents).

For those who are not familiar with the problem this poses, route 248 from Easton to Nazareth at the stoplight in question begins an uphill climb and reduces from two lanes to one lane over the crest of the hill. A very short distance past the crest is the intersection of Van Buren and 248. For cars attempting to turn onto 248 toward Easton/Route 33, that must cross traffic it is literally Russian Roulette. If a car is coming, it will be at the speed limit or higher, and there may be two if they are battling for position as often happens.

All of this would be avoided by opening the finished and yet closed roadway, Prologis Parkway.

Maybe it is time to read some Thoreau...

Traffic Signal Work

Could it be possible that the traffic signal work at the corner of 8th and Main Streets in Tatamy has begun? It would appear so. I'll try to verify, but they've definately started digging holes for what I'm assuming are to be the foundations for the light standards. Now that the spring weather has arrived, I'm guessing that this work will begin in earnest.

It also looks like they're going to be installing lights at the corner of VanBuren and Main (Tatamy Rd).