A proposed roundabout at the Belmont and St. Asaphs intersection is seen by some township officials as out of place amid new developments and plans to promote walking and cycling in Bala Cynwyd.
John Falgie, Sutton Terrace building manager, and residents Joan Ochroch and Bob Handler, outside the condominium tower in Lower Merion, Pa. Sutton Terrace stands at Belmont Avenue and St. Asaphs Road, where a proposed roundabout concerns residents in several large condo buildings in the area.
They also say the roundabout would compromise the township’s ongoing efforts to connect elements of the traditional suburban commercial district — buildings like islands in seas of parking lots — with infill residential and retail projects in order to create an urbane, cohesive, and less car-dependent neighborhood.
“The township intends to extend the existing street grid with new roads lined with sidewalks, street trees, on-street parking, and ground-floor commercial spaces” linked to the Bala Shopping Center site as well as other commercial properties slated for redevelopment, said Leswing.A number of Sutton Terrace residents, including Bob Handler, Joan Ochroch, Alan Fogel, and Goldman, said they have attended online and in-person meetings with PennDot and township representatives.
Fogle, a 79-year-old retired civil servant who worked in the administrations of former Philadelphia Mayor and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, said it seems to him that PennDot “has money and wants to find a place to use it and has to justify the roundabout” proposal. TV and radio broadcasting facilities, office buildings, and high-end department stores such as Lord & Taylor as well as Blum’s, both long gone, and Saks Fifth Avenue, still going strong, helped make Bala Cynwyd a regional destination.
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