Inner Loop to link main roads

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP--A project that would connect West College Avenue and North Atherton Street was discussed last night at an open meeting at the Ferguson Township Municipal Building.

The Western Inner Loop will link West College Avenue and North Atherton Street by extending Blue Course Drive to Clinton Avenue. The new roadway will start as a two-lane road and will eventually be widened to five-lane capacity, said Barry Schoch, a representative of McCormick, Taylor & Associates Inc., the company handling the research and planning.

Although funding for the construction has not been secured yet, Ron Seybert, director of public works for Ferguson Township, said if everything goes according to schedule the new loop will be completed by the summer of 2000. Until now, funding has been coming from township taxes, Seybert said.

Included in the proposal are plans for a bicycle path that would parallel the Western Loop.

--by Erin Hazard