Fire Tears Through Easton Road Garage

No one was injured in a fire that badly damaged a garage behind a business in Horsham Tuesday night, officials said.

A fire started in a SUV just before 10 p.m. Tuesday and spread to the garage it was housed in behind Ben-Tor Auto Sales at 732 Easton Road in Horsham. The blaze destroyed the gray SUV and left the three-car garage with heavy damage, according to Horsham Fire Chief Tim Flanagan. "I wouldn't say [the garage] was totally destroyed, but it will need a lot of repairs," said the chief. The SUV was the only vehicle inside the garage at the time of the fire, Flanagan said. Flanagan reported crews were dispatched at 9:43 p.m. for reports of an unknown type fire and when they arrived flames were spotted and firefighters entered the garage forcibly. The one alarm fire was placed under control just minutes after firefighters arrived at the scene, …

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Township Plans Intersection Upgrades

Easton Road and Dresher Road/Meetinghouse Road has been the site of many accidents

The Horsham Township Council on Monday night unanimously approved a plan to improve conditions at the accident-prone intersection of Easton Road and Dresher Road/Meetinghouse Road. Township Manager Bill Walker explained that the township has been eyeing improvements there for about a year and has had a consultant look at crash data and traffic counts. One problem at the intersection, he said, is a hump in the road that decreases visibility. The resulting recommendation, he said, was to install a left hand turn arrow for eastbound traffic making a left onto northbound Easton Road (Route 611) and extend the left turn lane for the same traffic from 140 to 300 feet. Walker said the estimated cost of the project was $20,000 but the township …

Horsham Township Mulls 611 Revitalization

Township Council hopes to improve area from Blair Mill Road to Dresher/Meetinghouse Road

In an attempt to correct "visual and functional problems" on a roughly one-half mile portion of Easton Road in an older section of Horsham, the township council intends to begin a revitalization plan later this year, Township Manager William Walker said. Walker said the planning process is expected to get underway mid-year and would likely involve the formation of a committee to help the township council determine what improvements should be made to the corridor of Route 611 from Blair Mill Road to Dresher/Meetinghouse Road. Improvements would make the area more "pedestrian-friendly" and "business-friendly," Walker said, noting that landscaping and streetscaping would help beautify the commercially-zoned strip, which consists of auto …

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