PRINTER'S NO. 655

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

709

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY SCHEUREN, STEHR, ROZZI, NEILSON AND JOZWIAK,

MARCH 27, 2023

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 27, 2023

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Release of restrictions in Lower Salford Township,

(a) Authorization.--Pursuant to the requirements of section

20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess. 1, P.L.131, No.8),

known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the

General Assembly approves the release of Project 70 restrictions

from the land owned by Lower Salford Township, Montgomery

County, which is more particularly described in subsection (c),

in return for the development of a hiking trail and scenic

scenic viewing area within five years of the completion of the

Bergey's Mill Road bridge replacement project.

(c) Land to be released from Project 70 restrictions.--The

land to be released from Project 70 restrictions is as follows:

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or strip of land situate in the Lower

Salford Township, Montgomery County, Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania, being area between legal right-of-way line and

required right-of-way line, described according to a Plan

titled, Drawings Authorizing Acquisition of Right-of-Way for

Replacement of County Bridge No. 146 Bergeys Mill Road (T-356)

over East Branch of Perkiomen Creek in Lower Salford Township

thence along required right-of-way line the following four (4)

courses and distances; 1) curving to the right having a radius

of 2,530.00 feet and an arc length of 7.00 feet with chord

bearing and chord distance of North 61° 05' 27" East, 7.00 feet

to a point of tangency; 2) North 61° 13' 18" East, 219.28 feet

to a point; 3) North 02° 37' 56 East, 9.37 feet to a point; 4)

North 55° 47' 58" East, 45.72 feet to a point; thence South 40°

36' 26" East, 22.80 feet to a point; thence along northeasterly

legal right-of-way line of Bergeys Mill Road the following three

(3) courses and distances; 1) curving to the left having a

a radius of 143.50 feet and an arc length of 63.62 feet with

chord bearing and chord distance of South 52° 05' 27" West,

63.11 feet to a point of tangency; 3) South 64° 47' 33" West,

213.43 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING in area 5,115.4296 square feet or 0.117 acre more

or less.

Also,

BEGINNING at a point in the southwesterly legal right-of-way

line of Bergeys Mill Road, said point is at or near station

499+65± and at an offset of 16.00± feet right; thence along said

southwesterly legal right-of-way line the following four (4)

35' 21" East, 7.98 feet to a point; thence South 60° 31' 39"

West, 128.03 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING in area 1,200.0179 square feet or 0.0275 acre more

or less.

Also,

BEGINNING at a point in the southwesterly legal right-of-way

line of Bergeys Mill Road, said point is at or near station

501+55± and at an offset of 19.00± feet right; thence along

said southwesterly legal right-of-way line North 64° 47' 33"

East, 25.09 feet to a point; thence along required right-of-way

CONTAINING in area 34.4183 square feet or 0.0008 acre more or

less.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT

PARCEL No. 3

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or strip of land situate in the Lower

Salford Township, Montgomery County, Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania, being area between legal right-of-way line and

required right-of-way line, described according to a Plan

titled, Drawings Authorizing Acquisition of Right-of-Way for

Replacement of County Bridge No. 146 Bergeys Mill Road (T-356)

beginning point, the following three (3) courses and distances;

1) North 39° 15' 42" East, 139.19 feet to a point; 2) North 61°

13' 19 East, 225.46 feet to a point; 3) South 44° 35' 10" East,

35.41 feet to a point; thence along the legal right-of-way

curving to the left having a radius of 398.50 feet and an arc

length of 35.15 feet with chord bearing and chord distance of

South 42° 50' 44" West, 35.14 feet to a point; thence along

required right-of-way line the following six (6) courses and

distances; 1) North 40° 36' 26" West, 22.80 feet to a point; 2)

South 55° 47' 58" West, 45.72 feet to a point; 3)South 2° 37'

bearing and chord distance of South 61° 05' 27" West, 7.00 feet

to a point; 6) South 28° 51' 09" East, 9.05 feet to a point;

thence along northeasterly legal right-of-way line of Bergeys

Mill Road the following two (2) courses and distances; 1) South

64° 47' 33" West, 6.28 feet to a point; 2) South 55° 35' 29"

West, 44.54 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING in area 10,872.3580 square feet or 0.2496 acre

more or less.

Also,

BEGINNING at a point in the southwesterly legal right-of-way

line of Bergeys Mill Road, said point is at or near station

feet to the point and place of BEGINNING.

CONTAINING in area 3,393.88 square feet or 0.0779 acre more

or less.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

SLOPE EASEMENT

PARCEL No. 3

ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or strip of land situate in the Lower

Salford Township, Montgomery County, Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania, being area between legal right-of-way line and

required right-of-way line, described according to a Plan

prepared for Montgomery County , prepared by Gannett Fleming,

Inc. and being more fully described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in the southwesterly required right-of-

way line of Bergeys Mill Road, said point is at or near station

499+89± and at an offset of 23.00± feet right; thence from said

beginning point along the said required right-of-way line North

60° 31' 39" East, 104.76 feet to a point; thence along slope

easement line the following four (4) courses and distances; 1)

South 10° 35' 21" East, 36.17 feet to a point; 2) South 61° 13'

19" West, 72.83 feet to a point; 3) South 88° 07' 07" West,

22.47 feet to a point; 4) North 30° 15' 39" West, 22.94 feet to