Township, Toll Brothers await decision on Crebilly Farm intersection dispute

WESTTOWN » The fate of Crebilly Farm is partly in the hands of a judge.

Traffic and road improvements were the main topics of discussion during a hearing concerning an appeal by Toll Brothers in the bid to build 319 homes at Crebilly Farm in Westtown.

Common Pleas Judge Mark L. Tunnell made no immediate decision on whether to overturn the unanimous December 2017 township Board of Supervisor’s decision to deny a conditional use application.

Toll Brothers plans to preserve 193 acres at the 322-acre Robinson Family site, the largest slice of open space along Route 202 and between King of Prussia and Wilmington. The farm is located at the corner of routes 926 and 202.

Greg Adelman, of law firm Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter and Stein, in Blue Bell, represented Toll and said it was not the Horsham-based builder’s job to construct a collector road that might relieve congestion on Route 202.

The farm is located routes 926 and 202.

The connector road might stretch all the way from Skiles Boulevard to Route 926. The builder could be tasked with construction of the portion from Pleasant Grove Road to Route 926.

Adelman said the connector road would only serve existing traffic.

Pat McKenna, of Gawthrop Greenwood Law Firm, said building the connector road was required by the township.

“It would take traffic off access roads and through residential property,” McKenna said. “It seems like a simple matter of profit for Toll.

“This was a profit decision.” Adelman said that disputed intersection improvements at the South New Street and Route 926 intersection were under the jurisdiction of state road owner PennDot.

The township has suggested Toll build four right-hand turn lanes at the busy intersection. PennDot at one time suggested a roundabout might be constructed. at the corner of