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FEBRUARY 9, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 38
Leaving A Legacy Of Giving LCCS Sets Annual Financial Workshop BY ANN MEAD ASH
Matt Stopa (left in left photo), Bill Sauers (center), and Roy Baldwin at the new Robindale Sunrise Safe Crossing located on Lititz Pike (right photo)
News FLASH - Crossing Warns Motorists To Stop For Pedestrians Digital Map Will Provide Recreation Information BY ANN MEAD ASH
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The Robindale Sunrise Safe Crossing, located on Route 501 (Lititz Pike), has been in place since Dec. 15, 2021. Pedestrians wishing to cross from either Robindale or Sunrise should push the button on the pole to activate yellow flashing lights, which will alert drivers going both directions for the next 25 seconds.
“Look both ways,” said Bill Sauers, engineer with Manheim Township. “Proceed with caution. If 25 seconds elapse and you haven’t had a chance to cross, press it again and wait for a break in the traffic.” Roy Baldwin, who has been working with the Nonmotorized Pathway Committee on similar projects since the mid-1990s, pointed out the care pedestrians must take when using the crossing. “We need
to caution people not to have the false impression that you can just cross the road,” he said. “You can’t do that. It’s not a stop light.” Sauers added that warning signs for drivers have been placed on both sides of the road and that signs will be installed advising pedestrians to look both ways. “It’s going to take time for people traveling this highway to adjust,” he said. Sauers said that the crossroad is a primary location for people going to and from Overlook Park. Matt Stopa, director of the Manheim Township Recreation and Park Planning Department, said the area has been an important crossing location, but not one that was easily made safer for pedestrians. “(Lititz Pike) is a state road,” he said, noting that PennDOT needed to approve the crossing. According to Sauers, the crossing was approved a few years ago, and it was designed and bid on by late summer of 2020. “It was delayed (nine months) mainly because of
A digital map of Manheim Township parks and trails will soon be available.
the time to fabricate the poles,” explained Sauers, who added that construction began in the summer of 2021, with the final inspection by PennDOT toward the end of the year. Sauers said the township worked with TRG Traffic Consulting from York to get approval. He noted that construction costs were $63,500. According to Baldwin, the safe crossing is not the only project the Nonmotorized Pathway Committee - a group of volunteers, plus staff, planning, park and recreation, and public works representatives - has been working toward. “For a number of years, people have asked about mapping for pathways (in Manheim Township),” said Stopa. “We have talked about (creating) digital maps.” Working with GISinc, Stopa is using Esri mapping software to create a digital map of township parks and trails. “These features show the different pathways that are in (Manheim Township),” explained See Township pg 2
With a theme of “Generational Generosity,” this year’s financial workshop sponsored by Lancaster County Christian School (LCCS) will include topics to appeal to investors of a variety of ages, noted Sandy Outlar, the school’s community relations coordinator. “ Whether young or old, we should be people of generosity,” said Outlar. The 2022 event, which will be held at LCCS, 2390 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, on Saturday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to noon, will feature Peter Greer, CEO of HOPE International, as the plenary speaker. Greer holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and he has worked in Rwanda, Cambodia, and Zimbabwe. He has coauthored 14 books, including “Watching Seeds Grow,” filled See LCCS pg 3
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