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Thursday, November 19, 2009

GVF Transportation Partners, a coalition of Schuylkill Valley local governments, big employers like GlaxoSmithKline, Verizon and PNC, and engineers and other highway and public-transit contractors, says US 422 commuters and other travelers on that all-too-busy artery have until Nov. 30 to post comments on the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission's US 422 Plan, which you can read on GVF's website, www.422corridor.com

Site's been up since June, but there's not many comments, maybe because the site's registration process is onerous: They really want to know who you are, and how to reach you. But considering what's at stake - proposals to impose local tolls, or boost the state gas tax, to raise money for "road widenings, bridge work, onramps and offramps", and maybe a new Septa line or more buses, on the often-jammed road, as project manager Shayne Trimbell told me  - it's worth taking a look and having your say. Or lean on your local politicians: towns and counties are also part of GVF.

GVF is managing the "comment process" for the planning commission, Trimbell added. He promised GVF will forward all comments, even those who oppose tolling and extra lanes.

 

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