SPC Brodhead Corridor Study Holds First Virtual Public Meeting

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Center Twp., Pa.) Last night the Southwestern PA Commission  held a public meeting via ZOOM to discuss  the future development of a corridor plan for Brodhead Road. The study begins at the Allegheny County Line and ends  at Route 18 in Monaca. There’s 11 miles of roadway to consider, there are more residences in the southern end of  the county, and mixed residential areas to the Allegheny County line.   The study will take a look at  transit on Brodhead Road

 

Josh Spano, transportation planner for  SWPC  said the group is gathering information  and data and they want feedback .  The study  should make recommendations to  improve safety and accessibility and improve the quality of life, in Beaver County  and enhance land use  in the  corridor.
Planning consultant Jenni Easton was on hand  for the meeting. Ned Mitrovich, engineer for Center Township and Jamie Yurcina Hopewell Township manager  discussed the safety  issues involving Brodhead  Road from  Hopewell to Center Township where there are shopping centers. Yurcina said the entrances and exits  are where the issues create safety concerns. ON Brodhead Road in the area of Mt. Olivet Cemetery there have been many accidents over the years., one occurred recently, knocking out part of a fence. Five Points in  Hopewell Township is a major concern, Yurcina said. Mitrovich told the group Chapel Road  is dangerous in Center Township due to drivers’ excessive speeds., and Brodhead Road in the area of East Shaffer Road, and the area of Baker Road where you can enter the  schools in Center.
A second public meeting for recommendations will be held sometime in  May., a final plan  could be drafted in  July.