and federal government websites often end in .gov Commonwealth of Pennsylvania government websites and email systems use "pennsylvania.gov" or "pa.gov" at the end of the address Before sharing sensitive or personal information make sure you're on an official state website County: MontgomeryState Route: Route 4028 and Route 4025Local Name: Pleasant View Road Linfield RoadProject Type: Bridge Replacement This project involves replacing the existing bridge that carries Pleasant View Road over Sanatoga Creek The proposed work also includes approach roadway reconstruction and improvements at the intersection of Pleasant View Road and Linfield Road The existing structure was constructed in 1931 and is in overall poor condition The bridge will be replaced with a slightly improved horizontal alignment and a slightly raised profile grade to provide additional clearance over Sanatoga Creek and to improve the Pleasant View Road intersection with Linfield Road single-span structure will be replaced with a slightly longer (58.5-foot) single-span structure The structure width will be increased from an existing 23’ roadway width to a proposed 30’ roadway width Traffic will be detoured for the duration of the construction period (duration approximately 5 months).​ Sal AliProject Managersali@pa.gov The project documents can be made available in alternative languages or formats if requested If you need translation or interpretation services or have concerns that require individual attention please contact the PennDOT Project Manager listed above Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardA new cheesesteak empire in the making: Gazzos Steaks will open a Main Line location this fallGazzos Steaks which started as a food truck just two years ago has an agreement for a takeout window in Ardmore Gazzos plans to open a takeout window this fall at 2528 Haverford Rd which over the years has housed Corbino’s BBQ and Next Stop Coffee Though it will provide window service only — with a capacity equivalent to about a food truck and a half — it has about 10 parking spaces out front that is pretty huge in that area,” said Joe Lewis Lamson and Lewis are South Philadelphians who married sisters from the Pottstown area and Lamson went to work for Lewis at his auto shop they decided to ease into the food business by buying what Lewis called a “very rundown food truck we found.” “It had gunshot holes through it,” Lewis said throw it up on this hill on Route 100 [in Upper Pottsgrove] worst-case scenario — it doesn’t work and we’ll just sell the truck.” the loanshark whom Rocky Balboa collected debts for in Rocky “We’re South Philly guys and wanted to keep that connection to home no matter where we were.” They spell it without an apostrophe because it looks better typographically we were lucky if we sold 15 sandwiches in a day,” Lewis said we had a couple people that were food influencers.” One of them runs the Instagram and TikTok account @godfather_of_meat “We didn’t know who he was and we didn’t even know he came but he posted a video on Tiktok about our cheesesteaks,” Lewis said to a couple of hundred to three hundred and then it kept going up and up and up.” they took over a corner store in Pottstown for their first physical location Aversa Italian Bakery in Turnersville makes a custom roll. They use fresh sliced grass-fed ribeye, not frozen, sourced from a South Philadelphia butcher but we want to put the best product out there,” Lewis said Gazzos won this year’s Bite for the Fight competition part of the Fight on Makenna Foundation’s festival at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center One of Gazzos’ winning sandwiches was the Sanatoga, which is named after an exit off of Route 422 and topped with 14-hour smoked Cooper Sharp cheese and fried onions. Though the cheesesteak game in the Philadelphia area has been improving lately it’s safe to say that most shops in the western suburbs are not smoking their own cheese Lewis said there was no real plan for further growth feeling out what our best moves are,” he said We want to make sure we’re keeping everything consistent throughout every place.” 2021 at 11:20 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The Rt 422 Sanatoga exchange westbound on-ramp is officially under construction after a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday with Limerick and Lower Pottsgrove township officials and project design and management leaders (Limerick Township/Lower Pottsgrove Township)LIMERICK TOWNSHIP PA — Limerick and Lower Pottsgrove township officials this week broke ground for construction of the new westbound on-ramp at the U.S This new ramp is the first of two planned ramp improvements to the busy interchange which will reduce traffic delays and improve roadway safety by eliminating the existing left-turn movement for vehicles entering Rt Gathered for the June 10 groundbreaking were Edward Wagner Lower Pottsgrove Township Manager; Robert W of Sinking Springs was awarded the winning bid of $1,424,912 funded by a grant from the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Financing Authority Both municipalities have agreed to cover the required 30 percent match of the overall $2 million dollar project including design which was done in partnership with PennDOT "This new ramp has been in the works for well over a decade and could not have happened if not for the positive working relationship between Limerick and Lower Pottsgrove This cooperative effort is an example of how local municipalities can partner to achieve significant improvements that help our constituents without relying solely on the use of local taxes," said Lower Pottsgrove Township Chair (TPD) of Pottstown completed the full design and obtained all necessary permits and is assisting both municipalities with grant administration during the construction "TPD was pleased to assist both Townships with their commitment to improve current traffic safety issues This new ramp will also help address longer term impacts of future growth that is expected over the next decade," said Joseph Platt Construction of the new ramp is expected to be completed by November 2021 Lower Pottsgrove and Limerick townships have already begun preliminary planning for the next phase of the Sanatoga Interchange Improvements A joint grant application will be part of the effort to cover the cost of the estimated $4 million project so both municipalities can once again limit the use of local tax dollars in achieving a significant public improvement "Long-term planning is a bedrock of the Limerick organization and has brought forth many positive improvements to our community We thank PennDOT for their support and look forward to working with them again who shares our pro-active approach to the future challenges facing our municipalities," said Limerick Township Chair Make sure you know what's happening in your town. Sign up to get Patch emails and don't miss any local news: https://patch.com/subscribe Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Bucks County drivers headed to the Philadelphia Premium Outlets or the King of Prussia Mall for holiday shopping should be prepared for some extra traffic The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is starting work Nov The work along a 1.9-mile stretch of highway in Lower Pottsgrove Township The project aims to reconstruct and improve a 1.9-mile section of eastbound and westbound U.S This stretch spans from just west of Porter Road to Evergreen Road finishing where the ramp tapers at the Sanatoga Interchange in Lower Pottsgrove Township The roughly $80 million project is meant to improve travel and safety with improvements including changes to shoulder widths Specific components of the project include the replacement of a culvert at Sprogels Run and an existing single-span bridge over Porter Road The reconstruction and widening of the bridge over Sanatoga Road and Sanatoga Creek are also planned The entire reconstruction and improvement project is anticipated to last five years with PennDOT aiming for completion by late 2028 Commuters should be prepared for lane closures during major construction activities PennDOT has scheduled most closures for overnight hours with some daytime restrictions and crews plan to keep the public informed of any changes PennDOT has already completed work on six other sections of the Route 422 corridor in Montgomery and Chester counties since 2012 2013 at 4:36 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}While browsing through the great photos at Old Images of Montgomery County's Facebook page The comment attached to the picture is from Wayne Rutter "This picture is an overhead view of the Sanatoga Speedway in the late 1940's. The picture is courtesy of Merit O'Neil from the website "Sanatoga Memories" If you look closely one quarter the way on the upper left side you will see a white house in the wooded area I lived there with my family until the age of 11 years My father ran the sno-cone stand at the track."  The text on the bottom of the photo reads:  It is a one-fifth mile flat asphalt track from 35 to 38 feet wide with an area of 4100 square yards 4200 feet of 3/4 inch steel cable and 1120 feet of 6 x 6 x 1/4 reinforcing wire mesh along with 116 sturdy posts for a crash rail There are 39,000 watts of lighting for night racing The races are sanctioned by the Pottstown Stock Car Racing Club and they have more than 225 active members Forty-seven races have been run in 1951 and only three were rained out According to North American Motorsports' website Many people have left their memories on Merit O'Neal's page Sanatoga Memories including some photos of what the overgrown track looks like now Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 2013 at 12:16 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Two black males allegedly robbed a pizza delivery man at gunpoint along the 1400 block of Walnut Ridge Drive in Sanatoga shortly before midnight as the unidentified man was making a delivery to 1401 Walnut Ridge Estates Two black males then allegedly robbed the victim One of the men allegedly brandished a hangun during the incident They then fled the scene in an unknown direction The two black males are described as being thin and clean-shaven Both men were wearing black hooded sweatshirts Police are currently seeking help in identifying the two men Anyone with information is urged to contact the Lower Pottsgrove Police Department at 610-326-1508 Stay tuned to Patch as we continue to update this story Subscribe to our free daily newsletter | Follow us on Facebook | Follow us @PottstownPatch 2018 at 9:36 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}SANATOGA PA — A meth lab was found inside a Montgomery County apartment building early Wednesday morning Lower Pottsgrove Police were tipped off at around 3 a.m Wednesday that illegal drug manufacturing was occurring at the Rolling Hills Apartments police found numerous components indicating the production of methamphetamine There were four individuals inside the apartment when police arrived Though they have not been identified by police nor formally charged The apartment where the meth operation was discovered was condemned by the Lower Pottsgrove Codes Department due to the volatile chemicals there Lower Pottsgrove Police were assisted by the Pennsylvania State Police Clandestine Lab unit and Royersford Borough Police Department on the scene 2011 at 6:44 pm ETThe club franchise Costco next week will open a new store at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Sanatoga The new store will include roughly 200 employees -- about half of them come from Costco's in areas such as Montgomeryville and King of Prussia who has been with the company for 25 years Riekers began his job at Costco in Baltimore later worked as general manager of stores in Lancaster and Gaithersburg and has held that title at the company's King Of Prussia store for the last eight years The Sanatoga Costco will mark his first time to open a new store "I am thrilled to death with the way it looks The Sanatoga store will be the first Costco in the Philadelphia area to have a gas station The grand opening will incude limited edition items such as a $200,000 diamond ring Riekers is confident the new 148,000-square-foot store will be successful "I can’t remember the last time we closed a Costco," Riekers said "We’ve opened several hundred buildings in the last 20 years." Riekers said the store is ready to open pending completion of the local inspection and permit process Memberships may be obtained in the new store's parking lot or online "We’re looking forward to creating a family environment here for these employees and to hit the ground running as we open up next week," Riekers said 2013 at 4:36 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The body of a local teen was discovered along the side of Sanatoga Station Road in Lower Pottsgrove Sunday afternoon following a reported home invasion and abduction in West Pottsgrove earlier in the day West Pottsgrove Police were dispatched to the 1200 block of Manatawny Street at about 2 p.m. for a report of a home invasion. According to reports multiple individuals armed with handguns approached the teen—identified as 19-year-old Kareem Ali Borowy—and demanded cash The gunman then abducted the teen from his home were not addressed in a statement released from the district attorney's office Less than 30 minutes later, a passing motorist called 911 to report they were flagged down by Borowy, who was laying along the side of Sanatoga Station Road in Lower Pottsgrove. Borowy was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later, but his cause and manner of death have not been released, according to 6ABC. Sanatoga Station Road was closed from Porter Road to South Pleasantview Road from 2 to 8 p.m. as investigators combed the scene for evidence The investigation into Borowy's death is being treated as a homicide Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact either the West Pottsgrove Police Department at 610-323-2090 the Lower Pottsgrove Police Department at 610-325-1508 or the Montgomery County Detectives at 610-278-3368 Stay with us as we continue to update this breaking story According to general manager Scott Riekers the Costco gas station opened today and is serving customers from 7 a.m People can also sign up for memberships right now on site in the parking lot The club superstore franchise Costco is expanding its Philadelphia presence with a new store at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Sanatoga next week There will be about 200 employees working at the new store; 100 were brought in from other area Costco's including Montgomeryville and King of Prussia according to general manager Scott Riekers Riekers began his journey with Costco in Baltimore and soon became the general manager of the Lancaster He then went on to be the GM at the Gaithersburg location and has held the same position at the King of Prussia location for the past eight years The Sanatoga location is the first store he will be opening brand new I think the location right off 422 is fantastic This will be the first Costco in the Philadelphia are that has a gas station We are already accepting signups in the parking lot now Great response from the community so far." There are no special plans for the grand opening aside from bringing in some limited edition items that will only be available for a short time Despite the risk of carrying such a highly priced item in an area with such high theft attempts Riekers said he is confident in his loss prevention department was strategically picked by a metrics system of demographics and comparisons to other stores in the area meaning it took 14 years to expand in the immediate area The new facility is a standard size warehouse at 148,000 square feet and set to handle "tremendous volume." most impressive is the company's drive to make locations work "I’ll tell you that I can’t remember the last time we closed a Costco building," Riekers said We don’t open these buildings to not be successful We’ve opened several hundred buildings in the last 20 years and we haven’t closed any." pending local inspections and permits passing potential members can sign up in the parking lot of the new location "We’re looking forward to creating a family environment here for these employees and to hit the ground running as we open up next week," said Riekers 2011 at 2:31 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Nora McGinnis developed a huge following without even trying She doesn't use Facebook or promote herself on a website For the last 28 years, McGinnis and her harp music have been a staple at Cutillo's Restaurant in Sanatoga McGinnis and her three older siblings were raised to appreciate music "Music was my father's life," she said and added that her parents McGinnis and her siblings inherited their parents' passion Everyone in the family plays more than one instrument but she is the only one to master the harp "It was unique and it was something no one else could do," McGinnis said of her reason to learn the instrument when she was 18 years old his spirit lives on through his children's music "It's a wonderful feeling," McGinnis said of playing the harp for others to enjoy McGinnis, her two brothers and their mom own and operate Nazareth Music Center in Nazareth The town is roughly 50 miles from Sanatoga but the gig is totally worth the drive time "The Cutillo family has been very good to me," she said adding she's humbled by her fans at the restaurant said McGinnis has been a popular draw at the restaurant for decades "We typically will book every table on our main level," she said of Saturday nights -- the only night of the week McGinnis plays at the restaurant "It's unique," Scott said of the harp music MyChesCo PA — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced upcoming base repair operations on Sanatoga Road in Lower Pottsgrove Township The work is scheduled to take place on Tuesday Sanatoga Road will be closed between High Street and Pleasantview Road Motorists traveling through the area will need to follow the designated detour routes along High Street and Pleasantview Road Local access for residents and businesses will be maintained and drivers are encouraged to plan for extra travel time and repaving the affected section of roadway The work aims to seal the pavement with new asphalt creating a safer and smoother surface for drivers and PennDOT advises motorists to exercise caution when approaching the work zone to ensure safety for both the crews and the public Stay ahead of delays—visit the MyChesCo Traffic Center for real-time updates and detour information For the latest news on everything happening in Chester County and the surrounding area, be sure to follow MyChesCo on Google News and MSN