Wynnewood Road Stoplight Petition Gets Lower Merion Commissioners' Attention
A pedestrian being struck in December has spurred discussion of the three-way intersection at the curve of East Wynnewood Road and North Wynnewood Avenue.
A public petition to install a traffic signal at East Wynnewood Road and North Wynnewood Avenue—spurred by an accident there in December that left a teenage pedestrian hospitalized—gained traction Wednesday night at a meeting of the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners. Pam Loughman, a Merion Station resident who works in Narberth, started the petition after the Dec. 13 collision. It also calls for crosswalk installation. East Wynnewood Road marks, starting at North Wynnewood Avenue, the boundary between the borough of Narberth and Lower Merion's Wynnewood section. North Wynnewood Avenue tunnels under the Amtrak/SEPTA railroad tracks into Narberth just above the intersection, where East Wynnewood Road curves significantly. Traffic entering …
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Michael Alexander
4:16 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
If PennDOT allows us to install a temporary light as part of the bridge reconstruction process, then we will get 95% of the cost covered by the state and federal government. If we decide to put a light up there now (i.e. not part of the bridge reconstruction) we will be responsible for paying the whole cost. more ›