MAR LIN - Norwegian Township residents can fill out a survey about how they feel about the township and what direction they want it to go in the next 10 years.
Keith Tokonitz, chairman of the planning and zoning commission, updated township supervisors Monday on the progress of the comprehensive plan, which provides for future growth in the township. The last comprehensive plan was updated in 1994, Tokonitz said.
The survey can be picked up at the township municipal office, 506 Maple Ave., Mar Lin. Deadline for responses is Feb. 28.
The answers will be incorporated into the plan.
Residents can also attend a 7 p.m. Feb. 24 planning and zoning commission meeting to talk to commission members about the vision for the township.
The seven-member commission could make a recommendation to the Norwegian Township Board of Supervisors in April.
A public hearing could be held in May and supervisors could vote on the issue in June.
The survey asks questions about length of residency in the township, if residents own or rent, what the priority for future growth should be and how satisfied they are with the services the township provides to its residents.
A comment section is also provided.
In other news, supervisor Robert Kirwan said a state legislator told him the red light that the supervisors have been seeking for years at routes 901 and 209 is eligible for state funding from the state Transportation Improvement Program, a plan that specifies what infrastructure gets funding.
He declined to name the legislator.
"We're now eligible for the funding that's available," Kirwan said.
He didn't know how much money would be available but that the supervisors will know in July if the project is approved.
Funding for the light could be 12 to 18 months away, Kirwan said.
"That's a dangerous intersection and we've been fighting for it for the last five years," Kirwan said.
In May, township officials met at the intersection with state representatives, Minersville borough officials and state Department of Transportation employees about the issue.
Dennis Toomey, PennDOT traffic and operations engineer, District 5, said previously that the cost for the light would be about $250,000 and design work might be $75,000 to $100,000.