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Urban Planning

Construction along Route 1 in Bensalem
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Streets & Roads

Expect more lanes — and traffic — as U.S. 1 and I-95 reconstruction projects continue in 2023

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is continuing construction on the major roads in Bucks, Chester, and Delaware counties.

3 years ago

A view of the Chester Valley Trail.
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

A new major trail is opening in Montgomery County this winter — with other trail projects in the pipeline

The newly extended 22-mile Chester Valley Trail will connect Chester and Montgomery counties to Philadelphia.

3 years ago

File photo: The former PES refinery site in South Philadelphia on June 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Health

Cancer-causing benzene will not be monitored at former PES refinery site in 2023

“One way of showing … that you care about the community is to keep monitoring to see if we're safe,” a nearby resident said.

3 years ago

A rendering of a proposed Sixers arena
Changing Communities
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Protests
Sports
6abc

Chinatown residents, supporters gather on Christmas to protest proposed 76ers arena

Dozens of Chinatown residents and supporters came out on Christmas to sing carols to protest against the proposed Philadelphia 76ers arena.

3 years ago

The Covanta incinerator, a waste-to-energy facility that burns trash from Delaware County, Philadelphia, New York City, in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
Sustainability

Coming 2023: Delaware County’s first zero waste report. Will it address incinerator use?

Delco will make the report public in the first quarter of '23. The big question is what it will say — if anything — about the county’s use of incineration in Chester.

3 years ago

This Feb. 18, 2022 photo shows the potholed runway at the former Bader Field airport site in Atlantic City N.J. On Tuesday, Dec. 21, the City Council had been set to choose a developer for the site, but canceled the vote after a state official asked them to remove the measure from its agenda. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Economic Development
New Jersey
Transportation
Travel

Atlantic City delays choice of developer for airport site

The delay opens the door, or at least buys more time for, a competing proposal by a Philadelphia developer looking to create a water-intensive development.

3 years ago

A scene from the 2020 Mummers Parade
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Mummers Parade 2023: Philly road closures and parking restrictions

Here's what you need to know about parking restrictions and road closures ahead of the 2023 Mummers Parade.

3 years ago

New EV charging stations in Camden County can charge 2 cars at once, as seen at Camden County College’s William G. Rohrer Center off of Rt. 70 in Cherry Hill, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
New Jersey
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Camden County nearly doubles the capacity of its EV charging network

Camden County upgrades charging stations first installed in 2013, as more people consider electric vehicles. It also added 10 new stations.

3 years ago

A building is shown at Cobbs Creek golf course
PlanPhilly
Government
Neighborhoods
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Sports

Proposed exemption for Cobbs Creek Golf Course delayed in City Council, amid pushback

The bill would exempt the course from rules meant to prevent erosion. A City Council vote could be delayed by weeks.

3 years ago

Council President Clarke speaks at a podium in City Hall.
Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Taxes

Philly City Council to consider tax break measure to add more affordable housing

The goal of the measure introduced by Council President Clarke is to preserve and build new affordable housing in parts of Philadelphia.

3 years ago

Hundreds pack Ocean Harbor Restaurant for a community meeting over the Sixers' areana proposal
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

‘Hands off Chinatown!’ Hundreds question Sixers’ commitment to community engagement at raucous meeting on arena proposal

Representatives from 76 Devcorp drew Ben Simmons levels of boos from the crowd.

3 years ago

City and elected officials break ground on eight new homes for middle income residents. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY News)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

New affordable housing units are coming to Grays Ferry and Point Breeze

At least 1,000 new homes will be built, under the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative. The goal is to turn middle income renters into first-time homebuyers.

3 years ago

A view of the Roundhouse, the former headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department, on Dec. 8, 2022. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Policing
Real Estate

‘Wide and varied’ opinions offered of future of Philly’s Roundhouse during months of public input

Many said they wanted to see the complicated history of the city’s former police headquarters recognized in the site’s next life.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Energy
Environment
Infrastructure
Philadelphia

Hazardous waste storage areas at former refinery site could close within a year

In another sign of transformation at the 1,000-acre site, the last hazardous waste storage areas are expected to formally close within a year.

3 years ago

A SEPTA bus driver navigates through SEPTA’s Midvale bus depot
Pennsylvania
Transportation

A look into SEPTA’s new transit systems proposed for the Philadelphia suburbs

SEPTA wants to streamline bus services in Bucks and Montgomery Counties, and implement “microtransit” zones — an on-demand door-to-door transit service.

3 years ago

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