A 10-month closure of Springton Road in Wallace Township will start Monday, Feb. 1 for the replacement of two structurally deficient bridges as part of a $1.4 million improvement project. Springton Road is scheduled to reopen in Nov. 2010.
 
Springton Road will be closed to through traffic between Indian Run and Indiantown roads during construction. A posted detour will take motorists over Indian Run Road, Route 82 (Manor Road), Fairview Road and Indiantown Road. Local access will be maintained up to the construction area.
 
Crews will remove and replace the 91-year-old bridge over Indian Run Creek that is posted with a 27-ton weight restriction and the 72-year-old structure over a branch of Indian Run Creek that is posted for 13 tons. The bridges will not be rebuilt simultaneously due to properties located between the two spans.

The plan consists of removing the 91-year-old bridge, which is a two-span concrete bridge with steel beams, and replacing it with a pre-cast reinforced concrete box culvert. The new bridge will be 40 feet long and 29 feet wide. PennDOT will replace the existing 72-year-old timber beam bridge with a concrete box culvert that is 18 feet long and 29 feet wide.

Designed to blend in with the surrounding area, the new bridges will have two 11-foot wide travel lanes and three-foot wide shoulders, and their walls will be adorned with stone facing to replicate the old structures.

The Board of Supervisors set the Wallace Township property tax rate for 2010 at 0 mils.  For the second year in a row there will be no Wallace Township property tax.  Please see attached resolution establishing no property tax for the year 2010:
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE WALLACE TOWNSHIP REAL ESTATE TAX FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2010

The Wallace Township Board of Supervisors has the responsibility of appointing residents to serve on the various Boards and Commissions of the Township.  If you have a special skill or talent that could benefit the community, please fill out the Volunteer Application Form and submit it to the Township Secretary.

Do you have questions about Wallace Township?  Do you need some information that you have not been able to find on the website or in our Fequently Asked Questions?  Please contact our Township Secretary at Wallace@WallaceTwp.org or call the township office at 610-942-2880.