The Regional Traffic Planning Task Force has met regularly since 2004 to identify important traffic issues and define the necessary action to toward improvement.

After careful consideration, the RTPTF determined that the best first step to address its common concerns would be to prepare a comprehensive area-wide traffic study which would assess:

• general traffic safety and mobility concerns
• large volumes of heavy trucks-generated by four quarries in Wrightstown Township, among other users, traveling on the study area road network
• traffic speeds, and the appropriateness / consistency of speed limit zones
• traffic growth occurring as a consequence of regional development

To be complete and manageable, the study will address planning and engineering elements aimed at area-wide truck and traffic mobility and safety conditions focused on a core network of 16 Key Roadways. Study components will include:

• inventorying the Key Roadway facilities, and their safety and operating conditions
• assessing the integrity of the Key Roadways
• examining the feasibility of constructing traffic calming measures on the Key Roadways
• identifying viable improvements which include education, enforcement and engineering solutions, to accommodate all legal road users (with due consideration paid to a recommended improvement’s effects upon secondary roadways)

The area-wide transportation improvement program will contain cost estimates and implementation schedules for immediate, short-term and long-term action.

The opinions / inputs of citizen advisors (Stakeholders), and the public-at-large will be integrated into the entire study process so that local knowledge can be tapped and public acceptance measured. Formal stakeholder representation is actively being sought from representatives of the Wrightstown quarries, the Bucks County Community College, the Council Rock and Pennsbury school districts, Residents for Regional Traffic Solutions Inc., the Swamp Road Residents Group, leaders of local community homeowners associations, among others-to be as broad based as possible.

The final recommendations will be grounded in the support of the local governments and PennDOT. The successful study outcome will be a sustaining transportation improvement program which maintains the quality of life for study area residents, and fosters a continuing working relationship between the participants.

As of the end of March 2007, the study is slated for completion in October 2007 (Timeline). Individual citizens are welcome to participate in any of the three remaining RTPTF meetings, one Stakeholder/Community Group meeting and a concluding public meeting. Additionally, this web site has been prepared to disseminate current information and receive feedback on the project.