The 320 unit housing development slated for the 52 acre parcel behind the Parke Mansion and Brandywine Quarry on Route 10 at the east end of Main Street has hit a snag.
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From its inception Provident Homes representatives, led by project manager Randy White, worked closely with borough, county and state officials to meet and exceed ever evolving code and zoning ordinances.
Provident Homes offered the borough many concessions along the way in response to concern borough officials had about specific aspects of their plans for the site. For instance Provident Homes agreed to plant twice as many trees on the site as were required by statue and pay the borough $1,000 per townhouse upon settlement.
Pennsylvania's state transportation agency, PennDOT was involved throughout the approval process given both access roads emptied on to Route 10, a state road. Numerous traffic studies were done by PennDOT culminating with the agency agreeing to place a traffic light at the Main Street and Route 10 intersection, a frustrating and dangerous intersection for drivers turning north on to Route 10 from Main Street.
Having received the local and state approvals required to move forward, the company and had hoped to begin excavating the site as early as next month and start construction on the project's first wave of townhouses this summer.
4 comments:
In todays housing market who would want to build 320 town homes.
I wonder if that's the "snag" that the developer has hit. Also, who would want to live in a townhouse that will be built so close to a rock quarry?
It would be interesting to hear Randy's comment about "why" the decision was made to stop moving forward. Has anyone heard any comments?
How has that quarry stayed in business for 30+ years anyway? That site is tiny. How many rocks can they get out of it?
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