{"id":9132,"date":"2023-06-16T14:25:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=9132"},"modified":"2023-06-16T14:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:25:36","slug":"third-street-bridge-to-be-pedestrian-bicycle-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2023\/06\/16\/third-street-bridge-to-be-pedestrian-bicycle-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Street Bridge to be Pedestrian-Bicycle Only"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mediaborough.com\" title=\"\">Media Borough Council<\/a> has decided to pursue a redesign of the <a href=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/3rd-street-bridge-dam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"3rd St. Project\">Third Street bridge<\/a> as a pedestrian and bicycle-only bridge in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/3rd-street-bridge-dam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">conservation easement<\/a> of 4 acres of BLCC land (and the end of the road for an unnecessary high-hazard dam). Friends of Glen Providence Park is pleased with this decision as it will have the least impact on the 33-acre county park in the short and long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-1454783_1280.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-1454783_1280-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-1454783_1280-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-1454783_1280-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-1454783_1280-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/family-1454783_1280.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision, which was announced last night at their June 15th meeting, followed a <strong>review of cost estimates<\/strong>, <strong>consultation with first responders<\/strong> and in-house professionals, and previous <strong>community surveys<\/strong>. Borough Council will work with state agencies, representatives of <a href=\"https:\/\/delcopa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Delaware County<\/a> and Broomall&#8217;s Lake Country Club to develop a preliminary design all can agree on. The public will be invited to comment following the presentation of the design which may take up to 24 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borough Council will additionally seek the services of an <strong>environmental professional to advise on the restoration of Broomall&#8217;s Run stream<\/strong>, particularly the methods used to slow the stream following the removal of the remnants of the dam. Friends of Glen Providence Park and Media Borough&#8217;s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaborough.com\/262\/Environmental-Advisory-Council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Environmental Advisory Council<\/a> had requested this independent environmental review. Friends of Glen Providence Park believes a <a href=\"https:\/\/stroudcenter.org\/news\/streamside-forest-buffers-preserving-water-quality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">streamside forest buffer<\/a> may be the most natural and cost-effective solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the road ahead has many considerations, Friends of Glen Providence Park applauds this decision for an environmentally-sensitive connection between Media and Upper Providence. We still believe a participatory process with the public will help this pedestrian-bicycle bridge fit the vision of the Media-UP community and become a celebrated success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>History of the T<a href=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/3rd-street-bridge-dam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hird Street dam\/bridge\">hird Street dam\/bridge<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.environmentalscience.org\/roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Roads have significant negative environmental and human health impacts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/what-on-earth-highways-environment-1.6279735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Building more roads to ease traffic has the opposite effect <\/a>within 5 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Green spaces and green gathering areas increase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udel.edu\/academics\/colleges\/canr\/cooperative-extension\/fact-sheets\/human-benefits-of-green-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">human mental and physical health<\/a>, strengthen communities and benefit the other-than-human environment, while boosting economic activity and increasing home values<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmentally-sensitive growth is supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency, who terms it &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/smartgrowth\/about-smart-growth\" title=\"\">Smart Growth<\/a>&#8221; and has a national initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Urban-green-spaces.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Urban-green-spaces-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9134\" width=\"728\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Urban-green-spaces-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Urban-green-spaces-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Urban-green-spaces-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Urban-green-spaces-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Urban-green-spaces.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Borough Council has decided to pursue a redesign of the Third Street bridge as a pedestrian and bicycle-only bridge in the wake of the conservation easement of 4 acres of BLCC land (and the end of the road for an unnecessary high-hazard dam). Friends of Glen Providence Park is pleased with this decision as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[21,115,78,22],"class_list":["post-9132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3rd-street-dam-bridge-media","tag-broomalls-run","tag-delaware-county","tag-media-borough","tag-3rd-street-bridgedam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9137,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions\/9137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}