Published August 13. 2026 11:15AM<\/p>\n
Lower Macungie Township commissioners approved a request at their July 16 meeting to begin the process of seeking Pennsylvania Department of Transportation approval for pedestrian crossing signage on Spring Creek Road at Heritage Drive.<\/p>\n
Commissioners also approved Resolution 2026-27, authorizing a 40-month agreement with Infradebt for information technology services at a cost of $8,469.<\/p>\n
Resolution 2026-28 authorizes the township to apply for a grant through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to fund the installation, repair and improvement of ADA-compliant ramps in older neighborhoods. The project is intended to bring ramps into compliance with PennDOT and Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.<\/p>\n
Commissioners approved Resolution 2026-29, authorizing the purchase of a used vehicle from Hanover Township and appropriating funds for the acquisition. The township had initially planned to purchase a new vehicle but opted for the used vehicle when it became available.<\/p>\n
The vehicle, a 2025 Ford Explorer with 37,000 miles, will be purchased for $35,000. Township Board President Ron Beitler called the purchase \u201ca good move.\u201d<\/p>\n
Commissioners also approved the execution of a street vacation agreement for Locust Lane and authorized transmission of the document to the remaining parties for signature.<\/p>\n
Community Development Director Vince Tranguch discussed the Shankel subdivision on Mountain Road. The project divides the property into four lots, including 77 acres designated for residential development and a 17-acre conservation easement. A separate easement was established to accommodate a future trail connection.<\/p>\n
The conservation easement will preserve open space and natural resources. The township acquired the easement parcel for $1. Beitler praised the arrangement, calling it a \u201cgood show of a good citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting concluded with executive sessions regarding personnel matters, land acquisition and pending litigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published August 13. 2026 11:15AM Lower Macungie Township commissioners approved a request at their July 16 meeting to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-264679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}