Lower Macungie Township
Lower Mac is 'Ruining Quality of Life' Says Upper Milford Supervisor
Eight acres of farmland at Quarry Road and Route 100 is the first domino to fall. Some fear another MacArthur Road.
Editor's Note: On Jan. 17 both the Upper Milford Supervisors and Lower Macungie Commissioners met. Since both governing bodies talked about the same topic, this story is the first of a collaborative effort to present the information in the context the region as a whole in the spirit of the Southwestern Lehigh Comprehensive Plan. There’s a feud a-brewin’ in the southwestern corner of Lehigh County that could ultimately rival that of the Hatfields and McCoys. The source of the dispute? What the Upper Milford Board of Supervisors feels to be the uncontrolled and ill-conceived land development in Lower Macungie Township. It was that development and what, if anything, Upper Milford Township can do about it, that became the focus of a spirited …
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Carl W
9:58 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
" articial ," I meant artificial, like those homes that have the rocks & plants like something plastic. Lower Macungie Road - God & Mother Nature did not plant trees in a row, evenly spaced. They should have been creatively varied, but at least they help hide those ugly houses on the other side. Make no mistake about it : the overbuilding there is NOT appreciated by MANY. I'm just voicing it! more ›