The Lansdale Borough East Main Street Streetscape Project is set to kick off on July 1, thus borough Public Works crews will be out this week in that area to prepare for the contractor, Scott Building Corporation.
Lansdale Borough administration advised drivers to be prepared for traffic control and delays during portions of the project.
On April 17, Lansdale Council awarded the contract to Scott Building Corporation, which was found to be the lowest responsible bidder by borough traffic engineer Pennoni Associates at $3.2 million.
Of that amount, about $2.7 million is covered by grant funding.
At the same meeting, council approved a $152,000 contract with engineering firm Remington, Vernick and Beach to undertake part-time inspection services during the project.
Phase 1 of the project will begin on West Main Street – crosswalk upgrades near Railroad Avenue and Madison Street and updates to the rail crossing near Lansdale Train Station.
Phase 2 is the “Suburban Section” of East Main Street and will run from Broad Street to Highland Road. This portion of East Main Street will get new sidewalks, decorative lights and drainage inlets, including in front of Memorial Park and North Penn Commons.
According to The Reporter, the East Main Streetscape project has been on the drawing board since 2014, when the town secured roughly $3 million in grant funding for the project on the heels of two similar projects that upgraded utilities and replaced old sidewalks with new brick and pavers on downtown Main, Broad and Madison Streets in 2011-12, then along Wood and Vine Streets in 2013-14.
Over the next several years, according to The Reporter, plans were developed and refined to add similar sidewalks and utility upgrades running east along Main from Broad Street to just past the North Penn Commons complex near Highland Road.
Those plans were presented to council and the public in October 2020, then updated in summer 2021 and again that December.
In 2022, the engineer reported that final designs have been reviewed and vetted by SEPTA and PennDOT for the two phases of the project, according to The Reporter.
The project was delayed to 2024, went out to bid in January, and bids came back below budget in early April.
