Adopted by Borough Council · May 12, 2025
To keep a state road project moving, Council on May 12 authorized the Borough to convey portions of two Borough-owned properties to PennDOT. The transfer clears a right-of-way obstacle for improvements planned on Route 453, the stretch running from the Tyrone Park and Ride out to Beaston’s Road.
Adopted unanimously
In favor: all members present — Robert Dollar, Sarah Hunter, Ken Patterson, Rob Poust, David Snyder, Tammy Wills, William Wiser.
The work centers on the road slope — the grade of the highway and the embankment alongside it — near Beaston’s Road. Reworking that slope, whether to flatten a curve, improve drainage, or meet current design standards, requires PennDOT to extend its footprint slightly beyond the existing road edge. Where that footprint crosses land the Borough owns, the state needs title to those pieces before construction can proceed.
A Pennsylvania municipality cannot simply hand over real estate by a handshake. Conveying public property is a formal act that Council takes by ordinance, on the public record, so the transfer is properly documented and the affected parcels are clearly identified. Ordinance No. 1486 gives the Borough the authority to execute that conveyance to PennDOT for the road project.
Because the recipient is the state and the purpose is a public highway improvement, this is a cooperative transfer rather than a sale on the open market — the kind of routine land coordination that lets a state project cross municipal ownership without delay. Council adopted the measure unanimously.
On file: the full text of Ordinance No. 1486 is available from the Borough Office, 1100 Logan Avenue. Learn more about the agency carrying out the Route 453 work at PennDOT.
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