Wednesday, September 5, 2007

The Summit at Cranberry detailed

The Post-Gazette presented an update of the Summit at Cranberry, a "mega-office complex tied thematically and architecturally to plans for a major shopping plaza." The two plans combine for nearly two million square feet of mixed retail and commercial space on nearly 200 acres. The article goes on to detail the extensive transportation package needed for the development.

[The developers] will cover all its normal on-site traffic improvements plus off-site improvements on Route 228 from Route 19 in Cranberry to Myoma Road in Adams. That includes Franklin Road, Castle Creek Drive West (across from Highpoint Drive to the north), Castle Creek Drive East, Seven Fields Boulevard, Adams Ridge Boulevard and Myoma Road.

The new road configuration would also feature widening of Route 19, beginning at the Pennsylvania Turnpike and ending at Short Street by Wal-Mart, on Route 19. An eastbound lane would be added to Freedom Road and Route 228. The left turns from westbound Route 228 to access both northbound and southbound I-79 would be eliminated.

Alternatively, to go north on I-79, a new ramp would be constructed on the north side of Route 228 to go northbound on I-79 from westbound 228. A new loop road would be built on the north side of Route 228 to get on I-79 southbound from westbound 228. Also, a lane would be added to the exit ramp from the northbound I-79 exit.

There would be no changes to southbound I-79. Also, Route 228 would be widened in both directions by one lane and turn lanes would be added to Franklin Road in both directions.

The Cranberry Township will review the plans in six weeks.

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