Developments spur traffic, water woes

NEW HANOVER >> As the township’s more than 20 active development projects makes their way through the planning process — one appearing Jan. 28 before the township supervisors — they are triggering larger discussions about their impacts on traffic and stormwater to name just a few.

In this case, a particular housing development proposed off Swamp Pike called Hanover Crossing was the project at hand.

Located on 33 acres on the north side of Swamp Pike between Reifsnyder and New Hanover Square roads, the project currently calls for 71 unattached single family homes with two-car garages.

The property is owned by DTS Partners LLC of Collegeville.

The development, if approved as planned, would have no direct access to Swamp Pike.

It would instead connect to the existing cul de sacs on Colonial Drive in the west and Harvest Drive and Country lane in the east.

Both Harvest and Country connect to Burton Drive, which in turn connects to New Hanover Square Road.

The developers are seeking waivers to township ordinances, some of which have to do with how much traffic the new homes will put onto secondary connecting roads like Colonial, Country

EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP Douglass resident Darlene Eisenhard shows New Hanover officials where stormwater problems are occurring near her home.