Public Works Department

The Towamencin Township Public Works Department strives at keeping township roads and parks safe and accessible. They perform a diverse range of duties throughout the township. They are responsible for maintaining 76 miles of roadway, 300 acres of open space, 9 parks, and the general maintenance of police vehicles, township vehicles, equipment and properties. The Public Works Department functions under the direct management of the Public Works Director, Dave Hillmantel.

Stormwater Maintenance

By practicing healthy household habits, homeowners can keep common pollutants like pesticides, pet waste, grass clippings, and automotive fluids off the ground and out of storm water.  Adopt healthy household habits.  For more information click here 
 

Sanitary Sewer

Trees can be a big problem for sanitary sewer lines.  For more information on how to prevent pipe breakage and on proper maintenance of your sewer line, click here.
 

Road Maintenance

Troxel and Orvilla Road Realignment

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that Allentown Road will be closed and detoured between Orvilla Road and Weikel Road in Towamencin Township, Montgomery County beginning Wednesday, January 6, for roadway reconstruction. Allentown Road will be closed for approximately seven months.

During construction, Allentown Road through traffic will be detoured over Orvilla Road, Route 63 (Welsh Road), and Valley Forge Road. Local access will be maintained up to the construction zone. Motorists are advised to allow extra time when travel through the area. The work is part of PennDOT’s $3.3 million project to realign and improve the intersection of Allentown, Troxel and Orvilla roads.

 PennDOT’s contractor has been working since April 2009 to realign Troxel Road to a new location so that it lines up with Orvilla Road at the intersection with Allentown Road. In addition, left turn lanes are being added on all four legs of the intersection; a westbound right turn lane is being added on Allentown Road; and new traffic signals will be installed at the intersection.

Allentown Road carries approximately 14,000 vehicles a day through its intersections with Troxel and Orvilla roads, while the average daily traffic volume on Troxel Road at the intersection is 3,300 and Orvilla Road is 5,500.

 K.E. Siefert, Inc. of Langhorne, Pa. is the general contractor on the $3,274,932 project that is financed with 100 percent federal funds. The engineering design and property acquisition phases of the project were funded by Towamencin Township. Construction is scheduled to finish in September 2010.

PennDOT reminds motorists they can log on to 511pa.com or call 511 from any phone to check traffic conditions on major highways before heading out.

For more information, visit http://www.dot.state.pa.us/district6.

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Valley Forge/ Sumneytown Pike

There are no scheduled dates for this project at this time due to lack of funding. Although a large portion of the engineering has been completed and right-of-way acquired through land developments, there is still significant final plans that need to be prepared. This project includes intersection, roadway and storm drainage improvements on Sumneytown Pike from Kriebel Road to Supplee Road (Upper Gwynedd Township) and Valley Forge Road from Boyd Avenue to Jacks Circle.

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  To report potholes on local roads, please call the Towamencin Township Administration Office at 215-368-7602 or email us at info@towamencin.org.

To report potholes on State Roads please call PennDOT Pothole Repair
1-800-FIX-ROAD

The following are State Roads.

• Allentown Road

• Bridge Road

• Bustard Road

• Forty Foot Road

• Old Forty Foot Road

• Orvilla Road

• Troxel Road

• Valley Forge Road

• Sumneytown Pike (west of Forty Foot Road)

To report potholes on Montgomery County Roads please call Montgomery County, Pa Department of Road and Bridges at 610-278-3613.

The following is a Montgomery County Road

• Sumneytown Pike (from Valley Forge Road to Forty Foot Road)

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If you have any questions for the Public Works Department please contact the Administration office at 215-368-7602 or email us at info@towamencin.org.

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