The intersection of Beck and Cowpath roads in Franconia Township.
Franconia Township Supervisors approved 42 townhomes and 42 single family homes this week as part of Pulte Homes’ 57-acre development called Reserves at Franconia, according to Bob Keeler of The Reporter. The project has a construction start date of July and a completion date of 2025.
At two cars per home, it equates to 168 cars potentially added to the surrounding roadways. Luckily, the project has intersection improvements, adding left turn lanes from Beck Road and Leidy Road and a crosswalk across Cowpath Road, per the report.
Pulte Homes’ attorney Joe Kuhls told the board that his client met with neighbors “a number of times” prior to this week’s preliminary/final land development approval.
The development will feature streambank stabilization along a channel running under Beck Road, which township engineer Tim Woodrow said was “warranted.” There will also be a second 24-inch pipe installed next to an existing 48-inch pipe under Berkshire Drive to decrease clogs and increase water capacity, per the report.
Pulte Homes said it expects to sell three to four houses a month, with sales starting in the beginning of 2023. It will take about three-and-a-half years to complete, per the report.
This will be the second Pulte Homes development in our area. Del Webb North Penn is a Pulte Homes “active adult community” being developed now in Hatfield Township on Forty Foot Road on the old Baum farmland.
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