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August 2024 LMT E-News - Updated

Upcoming Meetings on the

Proposed 2025 Budget

September 4, 2024 – Budget Workshop

November 8, 2024 - Distribution of the Proposed 2025 Budget

November 13, 2024 – 2025 Proposed Budget Presentation

November 20, 2024 - 1^st Public Hearing on the Proposed 2025 Budget

December 4, 2024 - 2^nd Public Hearing on the Proposed 2025 Budget

December 18, 2024 - Adoption of the 2025 Budget

Want to receive the agenda via email for the upcoming Budget Meetings? Sign up here and choose "Finance Committee". 

Help Shape the Arts on Bala Avenue!

We’re gathering community input to enhance Bala Avenue with vibrant art forms like public art and performing arts, and we need your thoughts to make this vision a reality!

What is an arts plan? An arts plan is a strategic document that creates an artistic vision for an area, developed with community input to reflect your values and interests. It outlines the physical opportunities for creating works of art and guides future art investments from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors.

Why is this important? The arts are a fantastic way to bring our community together and foster a creative identity for our neighborhood. They are a key part of creating a livelier, more welcoming space for everyone.

How can you help? Please take a few moments to complete our survey and share your thoughts on adding art to Bala Avenue. Your input will directly influence the arts plan and help shape the future of our community. The survey will remain open until August 12, 2024.

Get involved! Visit the Bala Avenue Arts Walk on Sunday, September 15, for more ways to participate and engage with the arts in our community.

www.lowermerion.org/balasurvey

Thank you for helping us create a more vibrant and artistic Bala Avenue!

Composting 101

Composting is an impactful way to reduce your footprint and help our local ecosystem. According to the EPA, over 50% of the trash in your bin could be compostable. There are numerous ways residents can compost in Lower Merion Township:

• Off-site: The Township is piloting Community Compost Collection Sites, which allow residents to collect their food scraps at home and drop them off at a nearby collection bin. Fill out the interest form to be notified when registration opens at a pilot location near you!
• At home: There are several ways to compost at home, whether indoors or outdoors. Check out this recording to learn some Backyard Composting Basics, or register for the next webinar in October!
• Private Pick-up Services: Several companies in the area offer curbside compost pick-up services. This website lists several companies that offer this service in the Township.

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Utilities and Roadwork in Lower Merion

As you have likely experienced, Lower Merion roads have been under construction with utility work for several years. We realize the inconvenience and delays have been bothersome.

We wanted to let you know a few things about the reason for all of this roadwork and why it's so important.

PECO Gas is currently working throughout the Township and throughout the Region, to comply with a PA Public Utility Commission mandate for the removal and replacement of outdated gas pipelines that have been in place for decades and must be replaced to ensure safe delivery of gas services and reduce the chance of leaks and explosions. 

The process is quite complicated and the gas contractor working for PECO generally must come back to the same area several times to remove, replace and then connect to homes and businesses along the route.  This requires coordination and making appointments with each resident and business to enter their property. As you can imagine, this takes quite a bit of time.

Lower Merion Township is unique in that we have a Utility Coordinator in our Public Works Office that works with not only PECO but also Aqua PA, to coordinate work they may need to accomplish while the road is already open or temporarily patched. Aqua PA has been coming behind PECO to replace old lead water mains throughout the Township.  This will help prevent water main breaks in the future but also keeps our water safe.  Our LMT Coordinator visits job sites frequently, enforces code requirements and works with the utilities to minimize disruptions, as much as possible.

It is the goal of the Township to have all utility work completed before the permanent repaving of any road. Our LMT Coordinator works with the utilities to arrange the final paving so that we are not just paving the portion of the road that was disturbed but we repave the entire roadway. 

The Township thanks you for your patience and cooperation as we move the utility work to completion.  We will have a better, safer and more efficient utility infrastructure in the end.