PARKING EXPANSION

The Whitemarsh Township Board of Supervisors approved SEPTA's plans to expand parking at the Fort Washington Rail Station on the R5 Lansdale line. The Norristown Times Herald reports that 200 additional spaces will be added to the station. SEPTA and Whitemarsh Township are anticipating that the project will be timed to coincinde with the Bethlehem Pike bridge closing. To complete the project, SEPTA had to obtain 14 different waivers from the Supervisors, including rules on the size of the parking spaces and exceeding the maximum number of parking spaces in a row.