🌳🦺 School Board, WR Boro Council and Traffic & Infrastructure

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Dr. Angela Adler
October 16, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Wyomissing Area School Board met on Monday, October 14th. West Reading Traffic & Infrastructure met on Wednesday, October 9th, and West Reading Borough Council met on Tuesday, October 15th.

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Wyomissing Area School Board Updates

Wyomissing Area School Board met Monday, October 14th. Discussion included:

  • Finance: planning for covering costs of furniture replacement at WHEC

  • visited JSHS STEAM Wing, greenhouse, electric vehicle - hosted by Dr. Liskey

  • West Reading playground renderings - from AM Architects

    • moving toward putting the project out to bid over the winter

    • construction during summer 2025

Upcoming school board meetings:

  • Wednesday, October 23rd, 5:30 pm - Finance/Facilities Workshop

  • Monday, October 28th, 6:00 pm - Board of School Directors Meeting

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West Reading Traffic & Infrastructure Updates

The West Reading Traffic & Infrastructure Committee met Wednesday, October 9th. Discussion included:

  • Check your water line! All building water lines will need to be identified in coming months - required to check for lead and galvanized lines

    • majority of lines checked already didn’t need to be replaced

  • successful trial sidewalk program

    • West Reading has paused enforcement of requiring residents to repair sidewalks because most sidewalk damage is done by borough trees

    • this year, West Reading Public Works replaced 41 sidewalk squares at 10 properties for a total of $4,500, at no additional cost to residents

    • had budgeted $10,000 for the year - well under budget

    • continuing program as it is very cost-effective and successful

  • identified up to 20 potential new parking spots throughout West Reading borough - examining further, will take action soon

  • options for Franklin St. and Lakeview Dr. intersection

    • according to PennDOT, not a candidate for a light or all-way stop due to traffic volume of both roads

    • considering elevating the pavement of the intersection to require slowing while navigating the intersection

  • Franklin St. and Third Ave. auxiliary signage: considering adding additional informational signage (ex. “cross traffic does not stop”) to aid in traffic control; intervention has been used at other intersections

  • approved requiring advance notice of road closures except in case of true emergencies

  • have a plan for relocating Delaney Memorial to the park system

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West Reading Borough Council Updates

West Reading Borough Council met on Tuesday, October 15th.

Discussion included:

  • Holistic Skateshop seeking volunteers to help maintain the Reading Skate Park

  • approving extension of local disaster emergency to November 2024

  • approving prohibiting parking at all times on Grape Street for safety reasons

  • approved appointing new member to West Reading Shade Tree Commission following a resignation

  • approved amending an agreement with National Park Service

  • approved Separate Storm Sewer System Status Report - beneficial to West Reading borough

  • tabled decisions on bids for removing underground tanks from 433 Penn Ave property

  • successful Haunted House

  • repeating Public Art Bike Tour on Saturday, October 26th based on past success

  • Traffic & Infrastructure Committee updates

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