Maple Glen Triangle Townhome Construction Begins
—They call it the Maple Glen Triangle.
It's the point where Horsham Township and Upper Dublin Township meet, separated by Welsh Road.
This is the area where traffic congests Norristown Road during the morning and evening rush hours, where gridlock and traffic, and where vehicles line up on Limekiln Road waiting for the traffic light to change colors.
Like the Bermuda Triangle, the Maple Glen Triangle is where a tornado appeared and took out trees.
Where once there was forestation, there came devastation.
On the Maple Glen side of the triangle, an area once filled with trees and now a field, as construction trucks smooth the ground out for development with discussions of a townhome complex.
On the Horsham side of the triangle, the damaged branches and limbs of trees torn apart by the tornado in September 2021 are now gone.
Behind the Key Bank, the land is clear and being cleared out for a townhome project.
Six months after the project was approved by the Horsham Township Council, construction started a few weeks ago to build 53 townhomes on 14 acres off Norristown Road by the Key Bank.
Last summer, the council approved new commercial transition zoning for 53 townhomes to be built on 14.5 acres that were zoned for single-family housing despite objections from more than a dozen residents regarding traffic and quality-of-life concerns .
The zoning change was for a tract behind Key Bank along the intersection of Norristown and Welsh roads, which is called the Maple Glen Triangle for the congestion it causes for residents and motorists of Horsham and Upper Dublin townships.
Developers Bruce Goodman and Sal, Dominic, and Sam Paone of Paone Builders have modified plans since the project was first presented in June 2022.
The Paone Brothers will make improvements to that intersection.
Six acres would be preserved and reforested after trees were destroyed or damaged by a September 2021 tornado that swept through the area.
(Dino Ciliberti/Patch)
