I asked this similar question during the meeting: I am concerned about increased traffic on West Highland Ave. Many currently exit Rt 1 N onto Hulmeville Ave vs Bellevue Ave to avoid the Penndel train tracks. (Hulmeville Ave has a bridge over the tracks) With the removal of this exit people will exit onto Pine St and as they head to Penndel will exit the roundabout onto West Highland and cut through the neighborhood to Hulmeville Ave. This street has no sidewalks and lots of children and neighborhood foot traffic. The response was the road has stop signs. This response did not address that a road with little traffic will see a major uptick in usage and I strongly feel West Highland should be considered for some safety features including: sidewalks; raised crosswalks, speed bumps, etc.

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I asked this similar question during the meeting: I am concerned about increased traffic on West Highland Ave. Many currently exit Rt 1 N onto Hulmeville Ave vs Bellevue Ave to avoid the Penndel train tracks. (Hulmeville Ave has a bridge over the tracks) With the removal of this exit people will exit onto Pine St and as they head to Penndel will exit the roundabout onto West Highland and cut through the neighborhood to Hulmeville Ave. This street has no sidewalks and lots of children and neighborhood foot traffic. The response was the road has stop signs. This response did not address that a road with little traffic will see a major uptick in usage and I strongly feel West Highland should be considered for some safety features including: sidewalks; raised crosswalks, speed bumps, etc.

It is anticipated that traffic will be split between the proposed southern and proposed northern interchanges depending on where they are coming from and where they are heading in Penndel.  It is anticipated that the traffic would split between the two interchanges to use either the Hulmeville Road underpass or the Hulmeville Road overpass to get to Business Route 1 if they anticipate their travel conflicting with trains at the Pine Street at-grade crossing. 

It is anticipated that neither of these alternative routes would be a significant increase over their existing usage.  PennDOT is actively coordinating with the municipalities regarding traffic calming opportunities.  Please note that while sidewalks would be installed as part of a PennDOT project, maintenance of the sidewalks would be municipal responsibility and typically municipalities pass maintenance responsibilities on to the adjacent property owners.