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GottaHavaWawa? GottaHavaPatience if you live in the Southern Lehigh area. For local fans of the popular convenience store and gas station chain who’ve been waiting years to see ground broken on a new Wawa at Passer Road and Rt. 309 just north of Coopersburg, the end of their waiting is finally in sight.
After concerns were raised about increased traffic volume that was expected to congest the intersection of Main and Walnut streets in Hellertown during the Water Street Bridge project earlier this year, PennDOT conducted a traffic study at the intersection this fall.
If you think it feels more like January than early November, you’re not alone. Temperatures have taken a nose dive throughout the area due to an invasion of Arctic air; an invasion that will receive a reinforcement on Tuesday, when snow is also possible.
The Upper Saucon Township Board of Supervisors voted Monday night to conditionally approve the final land development plan for a Traditions of America age-qualified development on the Locust Valley Golf Club property.
Residents frustrated by the lack of progress on a bridge replacement project on Blue Church Road in Upper Saucon Township received an update from on it from township officials Monday night, although the news probably wasn’t music to anyone’s ears.
One of the biggest events of the year in the Hellertown area is this Sunday, Oct. 20, rain or shine. The annual Saucon Valley Spirit Parade marches off at 2 p.m., and once again it will feature a fine assortment of bands, floats, fire trucks and enough candy being thrown by the people on the fire trucks and floats to fill a swimming pool.
Just in case you’re thinking that this year’s parade will somehow be ho-hum, the organizers of the Saucon Valley Spirit Parade in Hellertown want to prepare you for some fun and exciting changes for 2019.
Borough junior councilman Noah Kates’ ambitious highway beautification effort known as the Hellertown Tree Project entered its final phase Wednesday with the planting of dozens of young trees in the grassy median between I-78 and the highway’s westbound exit ramp to Rt. 412.
Hellertown Borough Council members listened and tried to assuage concerns about a proposed public works building at a roundtable meeting held Saturday on what could ultimately be the location of its construction.
Just a couple of days past an estimated completion date established when the project began, the new Water Street Bridge in Hellertown opened to traffic at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
Those hoping that the new Water Street Bridge would be open in time to assist with their weekend travel plans will have to wait a bit longer to enjoy crossing it for the first time.
