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The public safety committee of Swarthmore Borough Council discussed the current informal arrangement the police department has with Swarthmore Collision to tow cars after accidents and arrests, as well as concerns that tow trucks are frequently slow to show up.
After concerns about kids riding bicycles on sidewalks in the business district were raised at Swarthmore Borough Council’s December 7 work session, five residents attended the December 21 council meeting to express their sense that the bicycle problem is getting out of hand. Also, the council voted not raise taxes in 2021.
In a sometimes fiery meeting that lasted over three hours, Swarthmore Borough Council voted on Monday not to raise taxes in 2021. The vote was 6 to 1. The most contentious part of the meeting was a report on the increasing nuisance of bicycles in the business district. Business owners have complained that cyclists are riding down the Park Avenue sidewalk with little regard for pedestrians and leaving their bikes obstructing the sidewalk.
“I have an elderly mother and a teenaged driver.” “School buses come down our street, which is very tight as it is.” “It’s very difficult when I get home after work and I can’t park my car.” These were some of the frustrations residents of School Lane in Swarthmore expressed at the July 27 meeting of the borough council’s Public Safety Committee. New construction of five homes on Michigan Avenue in Ridley, just across the street, has brought a glut of construction vehicles to their narrow, one-block road. These often park illegally, blocking sight lines and even driveways.
The first Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board meeting of 2020 began with a report from the board’s student representative, who reported that the high school’s Diversity Trainers went to Strath Haven Middle School to educate students about diversity and inclusion. Afterwards, the focus topic was the presentation of the proposed preliminary 2020-21 budget.
The walkway along Providence Rd. (rte. 252) in Wallingford will receive a major upgrade thanks to a $500,000 state grant for sidewalk installation. State Representative Leanne Krueger (D-161) announced the grant from the Multimodal Transportation Fund to Nether Providence Township, stating, “This project will make our community more walkable and improve pedestrian safety, including for students in our region.”
