Transportation Impact Fee

Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)At their meeting held on July 18, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved the following motion:

MOTION: Secretary Mackley made a motion, seconded by Vice Chairman Carrasco, to authorize Rettew Assoc. to update the Act 209 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to reflect the changes proposed for the Blackhorse redevelopment site by creating a new bypass road that connects Hill Road and Route 272 with a new signal at the bypass road and Route 272. This change will supersede and replace the proposed Hill Road extension and signal at Hill Road and Route 272 as shown on the 2015 CIP update. Chairman Fry asked if there were any comments or questions. There were none. Motion carried. (3/0)

Transportation Impact Fee

East Cocalico Township has adopted an Act 209 Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) program.

This program calculates a fee to be paid by developers for the impact of their anticipated traffic growth on the transportation network. This is a fair way to allocate some of the cost of transportation improvements. The program is based on studies of land use planning and the existing and future land use, development, traffic patterns, roadways, and needed improvements. The fee is derived from an equal share of the calculated improvements needed in a service area.

The Impact Fees

Eastern Transportation Service Area$1,512.00
Western Transportation Service Area$1,507.00
Southern Transportation Service Area$1,510.00

Documents

Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)

Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), the widening of Route 272 may be needed in the future based on the projected traffic volumes and an interest to maintain certain targeted levels of service. At this point the widening is not projected to occur until 2034, or approximately 23 years for now. The CIP also identifies numerous other future necessary roadway infrastructure improvements, such as the Denver Road Bridge replacement (2017) and at least 20 others, all of which are currently targeted to be completed before the Route 272 widening. In today's dollars' these various improvements would cost over $30 million. Due to the combination of anticipated future limitations related to federal and state transportation funding, and a potential for a slower than anticipated rate of growth, the improvements may occur in time, but likely not any sooner than identified in the CIP. The Township felt it was important to take this step to perform these studies and implement this program in order to attempt to look long-term into the future to help insure that as traffic volumes increase and development continues, the appropriate infrastructure is being planned for and resulting costs distributed as equitably as possible. As with any futuristic plan that utilizes long-term forecasting and projections, the plan and the resulting proposed improvements will need to be continually monitored and reevaluated as time goes on and additional knowledge is gained.

Part 1: Land Use Analysis (LUA) Report

Land Use Analysis (LUA) Report: (Large file, split into 2 parts)

Part 2: Roadway Sufficiency Analysis (RSA) Report

Part 3: Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Report