At the last Upper Providence Board of Supervisors meeting (11/05), a few residents made comments about how they were having trouble finding information about developments and road closings. One resident suggested a liaison for the development company that the township would require the developer to pay for. I think this is an interesting idea and has a lot of potential, but I was wondering about a few aspects of it. So I am asking Upper Providence residents to further think about this topic with these questions in mind so that maybe they can bring it up with the Board again and make this suggestion a reality.

First, who would the liaison be? Would it be someone from the company? Or would it be a resident? If a resident, would that person have to live close by? What criteria would this liaison need?

Second, would the liaison be the same for all developments, or site specific?

Third, When would this liaison be able to be reached? Would they have normal business hours or hours in the evening when most people are at their homes?

Fourth, and finally, what types of information would this liaison be responsible for knowing? I know that road closings and traffic are important, but what about stages of the development? Would the liaison need to attend meetings before development started in order to understand the full process of the development? Would the liaison need to visit the site, and if so, how often?

These are all just questions I had about this role if it were ever to come into being, but I thought that this was a creative solution to lack of information about project specifics.


Posted by
Laurie Perini