At the April 12, 2023, #NewtownPA Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, Terry Christensen - a resident, member of the Planning Commission, and Chair of the Friends Home and Village Board of Directors - questioned the delay in finishing the Lower Dolington Road (LDR) Trail.
“One of the things we discovered,” said Mr. Christensen, “is that there are studies upon studies upon studies that indicate in that social isolation for anybody is bad but it's really harmful for people in senior living facilities” like the Friends Village located on Lower Dolington Road.
“It's been more than two years since I was able to report to the residents [living at the LDR] campus that soon we would have a trail along Lower Dolington Road that would enable them to get to Robert's Ridge Park.
"Progress has been very uneven … we see spurts of activity and then long long periods of inactivity. I'm very disappointed about that.”
I think we ALL are "disappointed" by the repeated delays.
According to an email sent to supervisors by Township Engineer Leanna Colubriale on 4/10/23, “Lumens completed their relocation work last week. Our survey crew is assisting the Township Contractor APCON with their survey layout, which is occurring today and tomorrow. Our crew and APCON will be on-site together this week.
“It is my understanding that shortly after, APCON will start up construction again. I am still working on finalizing their schedule with them now, and as soon as we have it we will share.”
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