My two main concerns are the increased traffic and sound walls. The plan will force more traffic down Gillam Ave. It is already a cut through street. We need sound barriers along Route 1, not only for the small proposed area in the plan. I have called a few times before about sound walls and I was told if cloverleafs are being built that we would get sound barriers. The traffic noise can be deafening, even heard inside our home on 203 W Gillam Ave. Someone involved in this plan can come to our home at various times not just Saturday or Sunday to hear the noise from Route 1 & count the cars on Gillam Ave. The proposed roundabout may slow the cars but not decrease the car traffic. Traffic noise on Route 1 is ruining a quaint small old historic town and not lessening traffic onto the streets. Will PennDOT maintain the streets & access road?

The increase in traffic volume along Gillam Avenue is anticipated to be 29% during the AM Peak Hour. This equates to approximately 50 additional vehicles per intersection for that one hour. All other hours of the day will see a smaller increase in traffic.

Moreso, the majority of the traffic is expected to be residents living in the area with an anticipated reduction in cut-through traffic that currently exists in the area.  A traffic noise study is being completed for the project in accordance with PennDOT’s Publication 24: Project Level Highway Traffic Noise Handbook. If warranted, feasible, and reasonable, noise walls will be proposed as part of this project.

In areas where noise walls are proposed, the benefited members of the community will have a vote on whether to accept the noise wall.  A simple majority will determine whether a potential proposed noise wall will be incorporated into the project. PennDOT will be responsible for maintenance of the state-owned roadways.