Map indicating the section of South Broad Street controlled by Montgomery County and the point where the road crosses the Towamencin Creek.

If we go back to 2023, some of you may remember a vision for bike lanes on South Broad Street from Upper Gwynedd into Lansdale as part of road resurfacing activities. The important detail we learned at that time: part the road was owned by Upper Gwynedd Township, the middle section was owned by Montgomery County and the most norther part was owned by Lansdale Borough.

Thanks in part to action by Bike North Penn and organizations like Partnership for Transportation, Upper Gwynedd opted to add bike lanes to their section of the road but Lansdale Borough decided to move forward with resurfacing without adding bike lanes (but has undertaken work for an Active Transportation Plan). Though Montgomery County opted to add bike lanes, their section of the road was not going to be resurfaced until issues with the crossing over the Towamencin Creek, near Allentown road, was addressed.

Well, this is just to let everyone know Bike North Penn as not forgotten about that section of the road. Unfortunately, the only thing to report is that the approach to resolving that crossing is on-going based on the latest engineer’s report from Upper Gwynedd Township. At present there is no timeline for work related to the creek crossing to start, nor the resurfacing of the road.

And so, we watch and wait.