FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  RESIDENTS’ LETTERS TO BE HAND DELIVERED TO PENNDOT  DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR

February 23, 2002

 “We cannot sleep with our windows open, nor can we converse in normal speaking voices on our patio”…“My wife and I recently had to move our 7 year old daughter to another bedroom in the house because she was not able to sleep as a result of the traffic volume.”….”If you were in my backyard during the summer months you would think you were in the first row of a Nascar race!”…..:Someone needs to visit the homes – not discuss this in a meeting room!”….  “…..adjoining the Radnor Valley Country Club there is construction underway to add a sound barrier FOR A GOLF COURSE, without homes within ¼ mile or more. We have homes with PEOPLE in them just 100 feet or so of Route 202 section 300!”

 These are excerpts from letters from the residents of close to 300 homes impacted by the Route 202 Section 300 Expansion. They are writing Andrew Warren, District Administrator of PennDot, to make him more fully aware of individual residents deep feelings about proper noise abatement measures, specifically sound barriers and “full depth” asphalt road surfaces.

  PennDot will be presenting the results of its noise monitoring study at a series of community meetings in the near future and members of the Great Valley Association want to make sure Mr. Warren is aware of the community’s commitment to protecting the residential quality of the area around Route 202.

  These 270 letters will be hand delivered to Mr. Warren at his King of Prussia office by members of the Great Valley Association Board of Directors on Thursday, February 28^th, 2002 at 12:30 p.m.. The letters from the residents will also be sent to 15 other elected and appointed officials to further emphasize the community’s feelings.

 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Robert O’Leary,                                                                       Catherine Lucas

President of the Great Valley Assn.                                           610-725-0795

610-640-1389       e-mail: Datsman@aol.com                              arizona@voicenet.com

Mr. Warren’s office address is:  PennDot                                             

                                                    7000 Geerdes Blvd

                                                     King of Prussia, PA 19406