1 4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 18, 1992 | Highway (continued from page 1) ‘Road intersection. Traffic lights are ‘also proposed for Route 415 at Dallas Corners, Center Will Road ‘at Pickett's Charge and Route 118. ~~ Other improvements to these intersections include: 3 * Hillside Road: Construction of ‘a jug handle turn near the former Harter's Dairy to accomodate northbound traffic turnin gleftonto ~ Hillside, and separate lanes for southbound traffic turning right ~ onto Hillside and traffic from Hillside turning onto Route 309 south. Th | e Carverton Road: Addition of | bus pull-offs on both sides of the highway, a barrier to prevent left turns from the northbound lanes of Route 309 onto Knob Hill and widening the bridge over Toby's | Creek for a right-turn lane onto Route 309 northbound. | Franklin Street: Improve the right turn lane from Route 309 ha north. eMainRoadat Offset Paperback: ‘construction of right turn lanes for Center Hill and Upper Demunds roads and add additional traffic signals at the Upper Demunds/ Hildebrandt Road intersection to accomodate school bus traffic. * Dallas Corners: Add a right turn lane on Route 415 in front of the Dallas Post Office and on Main Street in front of the borough building. Eliminate parking on Main Street below the borough building, ¢ Center Hill Road at Pickett’s Charge: Add a right turn lane onto Route 415 north. * Routes 415and 118: Add right- turn lanes onto Route 118 from Route 415 south, concrete islands to direct traffic flow and barriers to prevent cross-turns from Route 415 into the convenience stores. ¢ Route 309 between Harris Hill Road and Center Street: either create a center turn lane for traffic going into the businesses along this route or install a barrier to prevent cross-turns into these businesses. Cost of highway improvements A breakdown of the cost of upgrading and installing traffic lights at the eight intersections along the Back Mountain section of the Route 309/415 highway corridor is listed below. INTERSECTION COST Route 309: Hillside Road $765,000 Carverton Road $339,000 Franklin Street $ 80,000 Main Road (Offset Paparback) $149,000 Upper Demunds Road $178,000 Route 415: Dallas Corners $153,000 Center Hill Road (Pickett's Charge) $163,000 Route 118 $249,000 Additional costs: Signal interconnection $44,000 Center turn lane: Harris Hill Road to Center Street $681,000 TOTAL COST: $2,801,000 OR ' | Center barrier instead of turn lane: $489,000 TOTAL COST: $2,609,000* *The total cost will be determined by the treatment of Route 309 between Harris Hill Road and Center Street:constructing a center left turn lane or installing a concrete center barrier. northbound and southbound ~ trafficand concrete islands todirect traffic turning onto the highway. ~ * Center Hill/Upper Demunds/ ~ Hildebrandt roads: Construct right ~ turn lanes onto Route 309 from 415 intersection. * Two loops of synchronized traffic lights, between Hillside and Harris Hill Roads and between Center Hill and the Route 309/ “There's still a lot of work to do. We have to put together the funding package and keep refining the specifications,” said Chalres Mattei, district engineer for PennDOT. Mattei said that PennDOT will continue to work closely on the , plans with the Transportation Management Association and also will hold a public hearing on the improvements TEACHERS DONATE TO FOOD Food BANK-Dallas School District teachers recently requested the Back Mountain Food Bank provide 10 items which they needed. Front row, left to right: Cleda Shelby, ° Marilyn Klick, Sharon Lyons. Second row, left to right: William Wagner, Joan Makowski, Maryanne Gelso, Jack Wega, Mike Pawlik (Post photo/Bill Harper) (continued from page 1) kept on who can use the food bank. Makowski said not enough people are aware of the food bank's services. : “Many people in Back Mountain do not know where the food bank is or that it is available to them," Makowski said. Makowski said that to avoit§ same items being contributed, the teachers association contacted the service and asked them to specify which items were needed most. From that list, teachers at each school were assigned different items to bring for the drive. Irish (continued from page 1) Vi ie. ai CES Vt Sr one of several large notebooks filled with records of his family, which he has traced 200 years back to Ireland. (Post Photo/Grace | R. Dove) - TOUCHING THE PAST - Dr. Sidney Curran of Dallas looks through Now is the time for your PROFESSIONAL GRAPH National Award Winning Photography Christmas Photo (all > o 823-6572 bd Fox Studio *%% 0 : ~ Fashions *¥that OPArkl EVENINGS BY CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES APPOINTMENT 651 WYOMING AVE. 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