This Day in History: 1958-08-28
Plans for widening and straightening Valley Road were discussed at the Township Board meeting. Township Engineer John Brumbaugh urged haste in order to get the estimated cost of about $120,000 onto the County budget for the year. Township Attorney John Warhol Jr. urged caution, however. He said the Board had to decide whether it was a special or a general improvement. A general improvement would involve no assessment to be made on property owners. Costs would be difficult to estimate said Committeeman Vincent F. Blefary because of the possibility of having to move some houses and tear up and replace front yards. Mayor Morris Ruddick said that cost should not be the only consideration since that dangerous stretch of road had cost ten lives in the preceding ten years. (Bristow)