Comments on: Letter to the Editor on DEP and Broomall’s Dam https://glenprovidencepark.org/2013/06/10/letter-to-the-editor-on-dep-and-broomalls-dam/ Preserving and enhancing Delaware County's oldest park Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Linda Healy https://glenprovidencepark.org/2013/06/10/letter-to-the-editor-on-dep-and-broomalls-dam/#comment-3466 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:23:25 +0000 http://glenprovidencepark.org/?p=3556#comment-3466 Lorraine,

Although the road has been closed to traffic for about 17 years, the dam underneath the road has been a source of concern since 1980. Securing funding and obtaining an engineering plan has taken a great deal of time, but it is the question of ownership of the new dam which has been the largest obstacle.

The agreement you may be referring to failed to fully address ownership or to anticipate that the funding would cover dam removal and stream restoration. Any delay to actual construction is likely to result from litigation and/or need to reach agreement on a new design. In general, dam removal and stream restoration could be completed within 18 months.

Please be sure to look at the borough website and previous articles found on this website for more information.

Linda Healy

]]> By: Lorraine Smith https://glenprovidencepark.org/2013/06/10/letter-to-the-editor-on-dep-and-broomalls-dam/#comment-3461 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:03:01 +0000 http://glenprovidencepark.org/?p=3556#comment-3461 seems to me that taking 17 years to fix this bridge, of course, it is in an “unsafe” condition. There was an agreement made some time ago to repair the bridge with monies contributed by PennDOT. Why wasn’t it taken care of at that time?

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