YORK COUNTY, Pa. — On Tuesday members of the York Township Zoning Hearing Board will vote on a proposal to build a secondary driveway for York Township Elementary. The agenda item is one of the last stops before the township rolls out infrastructure changes.
The Dallastown Area School District gave the green light on the proposal at its July 25 meeting. The driveway would connect Merrin Road, a quiet residential street, to York Township Elementary.
While the school district says the driveway is meant to increase safety and provide more convenient routes in and out of school, residents on Merrin Road argue the road is unsuitable for the increased traffic a driveway would bring.
Residents of Merrin Road hired a lawyer and consulted a traffic engineering firm to demonstrate their concerns over the road being unsafe for the driveway’s proposed use. That information was presented to the zoning hearing board at the Sept. 24 meeting, causing the board to hold off on deciding, giving its members time to review the information presented.
That decision is expected to be announced at the Oct. 22 meeting.
FOX43 will attend the zoning hearing board meeting and provide updates on this continuing issue.
