Democratic State House Candidate Kristin Egan Goes on Record to Oppose Controversial US 1 Project in Lower Bucks County

Democrat Kristin Egan is hoping that the road to unseat Republican incumbent state Rep. Joe Hogan in Pennsylvania HD-142 is paved in part with her opposition to a PennDOT reconstruction project alarming some residents who would be impacted by the project in lower Bucks County.

The 142^nd district includes Langhorne, Langhorne Manor and Penndel boroughs; along with portions of Middletown, Northampton and Southampton townships.

Egan is seemingly the first state office candidate to publicly oppose the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation [PennDOT] reconstruction project, known as RC3.

The roughly $227 million project includes a proposed cloverleaf interchange, the removal of parallel access service roads located along a roughly four-mile stretch of U.S. Route 1 through Langhorne Manor Borough and Middletown Township which critics claim will increase traffic, along with other alleged safety enhancements.

U.S. Route 1 is a major north/south interstate superhighway that stretches from Fort Kent, Maine near the Canadian border to Florida’s Key West.

An informational meeting has been set for public engagement at 7 p.m. on April 16 inside the American Legion Jesse W. Soby Post 148 building located at 115 West Richardson Avenue in Langhorne, Bucks County Beacon previously reported.

“I strongly oppose the RC3 project in its current form. We cannot ignore the safety concerns, environmental risks, and impacts on quality of life,” Egan said in apress release. “I will be the voice in Harrisburg that demands PennDOT respects our residents, because when our community’s safety is on the line, I will not sit back.” 

“I know when it’s time to step up and say ‘no,’” she added.

Egan has identified the massive $227 million project as “one of the most significant issues” of her campaign.

According to a Langhorne Borough work session document, Hogan has been in talks with Pennsylvania Republican state Senator Frank Farry and constituents over the project as well as PennDOT. As of publication, Hogan has not released a position statement either in support or in opposition to the project.

Last November, local election candidates who opposed the current plan took eight of nine borough council and township supervisor’s seats in Langhorne Borough, Langhorne Manor Borough and Middletown Township races.

More than 100 people attended an environmental public hearing on the project at the height of the December holiday season. The overwhelming majority of speakers expressed serious concerns about the RC3 project, the press release said.

“Public safety is about listening to the people who actually live in the neighborhood,” Egan said.

For more information on the No Cloverleaf Coalition or to request a No Cloverleaf sign go to the No Cloverleaf – Langhorne/413 Facebook page or email nocloverleaf(at)gmail.com.