Revisions Pending to Plan for Limerick Truck Facility

This sign was posted in the door of the township

offices Tuesday night.

Folks who were geared up to protest a project to construct a truck servicing center on Limerick Center Road had the wind whipped out of their sails Monday night.

At the request of the developer, who had just two weeks ago been pushing for township supervisors to take the next step in the development process, the matter was pulled from the agenda at the last minute.

Residents turned out in force at the July 3 meeting to raise concerns about the plan and the supervisors put off making a decision until last night.

One source said that the combination of the residents' concerns and the supervisors wariness may have convinced the developer to make some changes to the proposal.

The announcement on the township web site noted that TP Trailers "will be making additional revisions to the preliminary plan.

Anyway, as a result, it was a pretty short meeting.

The next most newsworthy item on the agenda was yet another discussion about the Limerick Town Center project, this time about the senior living portion of the project, which also includes a four-story, 190,895 square foot building with 87 housing units, 91 assisted living units and 32 memory-care units, and that's just the first phase of the senior living element.

The project also calls for about 160 townhomes and 32,000 square feet of retail space along Ridge Pike, with apartments above.

The footprint, outlined in gray, of the first phase of the 

senior living portion of Limerick Town Center.

All total it's on about 30 acres at the intersection of Ridge Pike and Swamp Pike and includes a re-alignment of that intersection and an extension of Lewis Road, all into a single traffic circle.

Discussion Tuesday night centered around minor waivers sought for that p=ortion of the project having to do with landscaping, pipe width and road width, none of which represented any problem for the township engineer.

The supervisors authorized the solicitor to draw up a resolution approving the waivers at the next meeting which is scheduled for Aug. 7.

The township offices are expected to move out of their temporary location on S. Limerick Road and back into a spanking new township building at 646 W.  Ridge Pike on Wednesday, Aug. 15, and open again for business on the next day.

Also, Limerick Community Day is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Limerick Community Park. The Mango Men Band will be performing.

And without further ado, here are the Tweets.

No Trucks, Senior Homes Instead