Overview
- Commissioners approved advertising ordinances to double most parking meters to $1 per hour, with select Ardmore locations rising to $1.50, ahead of a final vote next month.
- Township staff project roughly $900,000 in annual revenue from the rate change, and the proposal keeps payment via meters, kiosks and a mobile app.
- PennDOT has already posted 35 mph signs on parts of Lancaster Avenue, and aligning township code would allow local police to enforce the lower speed.
- The traffic measure would ban right turns on red at Lancaster Avenue and Remington Road, Lancaster Avenue and Haverford Station Road, and Montgomery Avenue and Airdale Road, with automated cameras planned at each.
- The first red-light camera at Remington Road and Lancaster Avenue is being installed for expected activation by year-end, and a separate ordinance advancing a 1,000‑foot buffer for tobacco and vape shops would reduce eligible sites from about 1,000 to about 300 as some residents question parking costs.