Tough Mudder Could Cause 7,000-Car Traffic Mess June 1-2
A Tough Mudder event, scheduled for North Whitehall Township on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, may bring 7,000 vehicles per day through Upper Macungie Township roads.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Tough Mudder Could Cause 7,000-Car Traffic Mess June 1-2
A Tough Mudder event, scheduled near North Whitehall Township on Saturday, June 1, and Sunday, June 2, may bring 7,000 vehicles per day through Upper Macungie Township roads.
A Tough Mudder event, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2 at Raven Valley Farm near North Whitehall Township, could prove tough for Upper Macungie Township motorists. That's because preliminary traffic plans, which have been submitted to Upper Macungie Township officials, call for more than 7,000 vehicles each day to park in fields behind the Weis Markets in Fogelsville off Route 100. The fields, according to Upper Macungie Supervisor Sam Ashmar, are owned by Jaindl Land Co. David Jaindl, president of Jaindl Farms in North Whitehall and Jaindl Land Company, recently announced that the farm company has agreed to lease 400 acres in Heidelberg and Lynn townships for the Tough Mudder challenge. More than 22,000 people are expected …
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
Parking Areas Planned At Nestle Project
Representatives from Nestle appeared before the Upper Macungie Planning Commission Wednesday proposing parking areas as part of a project in the Lehigh Valley West Industrial Park.
Representatives from Nestle appeared before the Upper Macungie Planning Commission Wednesday proposing a paved parking van area and a paved car area as part of a project in the Lehigh Valley West Industrial Park. The project is at 155 Nestle Way in Breinigsville. The company proposes 6,150 square feet of paved van parking area and a paved parking car area of 14,420 square feet in front of the building. The company's submission also proposes to add steps, sidewalks and 39 spaces for cars, while eliminating 10 existing spaces in the south end of the facility. Eleven new parking spaces are proposed for the northeast side of the facility. The commission noted that Nestle should provide parking signage separating truck and passenger vehicles. …
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John Anderson
1:03 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
These races are a bunch of people trying to find themselves, they are catching on at a fast pace and quite honestly are moronic. Half of them could die from being out of shape. Nice time to do this, July, in the middle of the summer. Mr. Jaindl doing what he wants again. So, although we are used to obscene traffic in UMT due to the building, we have to SWALLOW this? Who is going to pay for the … more ›