Consider for adoption a Resolution to declare the intent to discontinue, abandon and vacate Bliss Street (formerly River Road) from east of the Lower Merion Township municipal boundary with Conshohocken Borough to the end of the dead-end cul-de-sac, a distance of approximately 815 feet and authorize the actions necessary to accomplish this including the scheduling of a Public Hearing on the matter.

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Lower Merion, on its own motion, finds that the street right-of-way of Bliss Street (formerly River Road) can be vacated without detriment to the public interests because Bliss Street has been and will remain a dead end street containing no municipal infrastructure and providing no access or required public street frontage to any abutting lot; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above, the Board of Commissioners of Township of Lower Merion does hereby resolve as follows:

1.       The WHEREAS clause set forth above is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth.

2.       The Board of Commissioners of the Township of Lower Merion intends to vacate the street right-of-way of Bliss Street, as shown on the Bliss Street aka River Road – Sketch Plotting dated December 19, 2023 prepared by the Township Engineer attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and as described in the legal description of the Bliss Street aka River Road Right-of-Way attached hereto as Exhibit “B,” both of which are incorporated by reference and made a part hereof.

3.       The vacation will not negatively affect any existing rights-of-way or easements and will result in the property burdened by the right of way to revert to the abutting property owners free of any public interest. 

4.       A Public Hearing shall be scheduled in the Township Building, 75 E. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, on the 10th day of September, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., when and where all parties interested may meet and be heard with respect to the vacating of said street right-of-way.

5.       Notice of said Hearing shall be published as is customary and mailed to the affected property owners, which notice shall state the time and place of the Public Hearing.