Peters Township Council Previews Apartment Complex

Peters Township Council spent most of their night looking at two presentations. One of them was a presentation on the development of an apartment complex at the intersection of Waterdam and Galley Roads. The second presentation was a traffic study prompted by a number of accidents on Johnston Road. Patrick Byrne from the developer Al. Neyer explained that they would like to develop a 10 acre site with roughly 250 apartments. To do that they would need relief from an ordinance that limits multifamily housing units to no more than 36 apartments per structure. Al. Neyer feels that the limitation would not fit the type of Class A development that they are looking to build. Council was split 4-3 on the initial feeling toward the development. Councilmen Robert Lewis, Gary Stiegel and Frank Arcuri felt that buildings holding 50 or more apartments are too large and imposing. Traffic Engineer Michael Mudry delivered his presentation on Johnston Road accidents stating that 15 accidents occurred on the road in the last 5 years, 12 of them in a concentrated stretch. He proposed upgrades to signage, possible street lights flexible reflective delineator posts and pavement markings. Mudry states that most of the accidents occur in an area that has a curve in the road that can catch drivers by surprise when they enter that curve.