Please be advised that street sweeping will commence in April and will be following the rotating schedule listed below. Sweeping will be done Monday thru Friday. Sweeping operations will run from April 03, 2023 through September 15, 2023.

WEEK 1 - APRIL 03, 2023 - APRIL 07, 2023
Hansell Drive, Knights Road, Byberry Road, Annina Lane, Tucker Road, Essington Way section, Belmont Ridge section, Rockhill Drive, Columbia Drive, Woodsview Drive, Hidden Valley section, Country Village section, Apple Way, White Oak Lane. The Township is closed Friday April 7, 2023 for Holiday.

WEEK 2- APRIL 10, 2023 -APRIL 14, 2023
Trevose section, Oakford section, Linconia section and Concord Park section.

WEEK 3 - APRIL 17, 2023 -APRIL 21, 2023
Nottingham section, Tillman Drive, Century Lane, Murray Avenue, Stanwood section, Atlantic Avenue, Asbury Avenue, Brown Avenue, Virginia Avenue.

WEEK 4 - APRIL 24, 2023 -APRIL 28, 2023 Springdale section, Neshaminy Valley section.

WEEK 5 - MAY 01, 2023 - MAY 05, 2023
Neshaminy Valley section, Barnsleigh West section, Belmont Hills section.
 
WEEK 6 - MAY 08,2023 - MAY 12, 2023
Newportville section, Harvest Run West section, Barnsleigh East section, Salem Point Section.

WEEK 7 - MAY 15, 2023 - MAY 19, 2023
Village Green section, Eddington section, Upper Cornwells Heights section.

WEEK 8 - MAY 22, 2023 - MAY 26, 2023
Wellington Estates section, Brookwood section, Executive Park section, Valley Meadows Section.

WEEK 9 - MAY 29, 2023 -JUNE 02, 2023
Woodridge East section (Hollandale), Glen Ashton Farms section, The Clusters section, Timber Lane section, The Coves section, Mill Creek Farms section.
The Township is closed Monday May 29, 2023 for Memorial Day Holiday.

WEEK 10 - JUNE 05, 2023 -JUNE 09, 2023
Andalusia West section, Rywall Park section, Lower Cornwells Heights section.

WEEK 11 - JUNE 12, 2023 -JUNE 16, 2023
1-95 Industrial Park, Clive Avenue, Moore Avenue, Center Avenue, etc...

WEEK 12 - JUNE 19, 2023 -JUNE 23, 2023
Andalusia East section, Echo Beach section, Torresdale Manor section, Lower Andalusia section.

WEEK 13 - JUNE 26, 2023 -JUNE 30, 2023
Hansell Drive, Knights Road, Byberry Road, Annina Lane, Tucker Road, Essington Way Section, Belmont Ridge section, Rockhill Drive, Columbia Drive, Woodsview Drive, Hidden Valley section, Country Village section, Apple Way, White Oak Lane.

WEEK 14 - JULY 03, 2023 -July 07, 2023
Trevose section, Oakford section, Linconia section and Concord Park section. The Township is closed Monday July 3, 2023 and Tuesday July 4, 2023 for Independence Day Holiday.

WEEK 15 - JULY 10, 2023 -JULY 14, 2023
Nottingham section, Tillman Drive, Century Lane, Murray Avenue, Stanwood section, Atlantic Avenue, Asbury Avenue, Brown Avenue, Virginia Avenue.

WEEK 16 - JULY 17, 2023 -JULY 21, 2023 Springdale section, Neshaminy Valley section.

WEEK 17 - JULY 24, 2023 -JULY 28, 2023
Neshaminy Valley section, Barnsleigh West section, Belmont Hills section.

WEEK 18 - July 31, 2023 -AUGUST 04, 2023
Newportville section, Harvest Run West section, Barnsleigh East section, Salem Point section.

WEEK 19 - AUGUST 07, 2023 -AUGUST 11, 2023
Village Green section, Eddington section, Upper Cornwells Heights section.

WEEK 20 - AUGUST 14, 2023 -AUGUST 18, 2023
Wellington Estates section, Brookwood section, Executive Park section, Valley Meadows section.

WEEK 21 - AUGUST 21, 2023 -AUGUST 25, 2023
Woodridge East section, Glen Ashton Farms section, The Clusters section, Timber Lane section, The Coves section, Mill Creek Farms section.

WEEK 22 - AUGUST 28,2023 - SEPTEMBER 01, 2023
Andalusia West section, Rywall Park section, Lower Cornwells Height section.

WEEK 23 - SEPTEMBER 04, 2023 - SEPTEMBER 08, 2023
1-95 Industrial Park, Clive Avenue, Moore Avenue, Center Avenue, etc...
The Township is closed on Monday September 4, 2023 for Labor Day Holiday.

WEEK 24 - SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 - SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Andalusia East section, Echo Beach section, Torresdale Manor section, Lower Andalusia section.

PLEASE KEEP CARS AND TRASH CANS OFF THE STREETS WHENEVER POSSIBLE ON WEEKS WHEN THE SWEEPER IS SCHEDULED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS ALLOWS THE EQUIPMENT TO
CLEAN CURB TO CURB
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THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that ramp and roadway construction will continue next week on U.S. 1 between Old Lincoln Highway and the Neshaminy Exit under projects to reconstruct, widen and improve a three-mile section of U.S. 1 in Bensalem and Middletown townships, Bucks County. 
 
Motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Monday, March 27, through Thursday, March 30, from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM the following morning, a single lane pattern will be in place in both directions on Rockhill Drive between Horizon Boulevard and Neshaminy Boulevard for stormwater drainage construction;
• Monday, March 27,  through Friday, March 31, from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM the following morning, alternating, double lane closures are scheduled in both directions on U.S. 1 between Old Lincoln Highway and the Neshaminy Exit for pavement surface grinding; and
• From 8:00 PM Friday, March 31, to 6:00 AM Monday, April 3, the ramp from southbound U.S. 1 to Rockhill Drive at the Neshaminy Exit will be closed for construction. Motorists will be detoured south on U.S. 1, west on Street Road (Route 132), then north on Old Lincoln Highway to Rockhill Drive. This work had been scheduled for this weekend but has been postponed due to weather.

 
Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through or near the work areas. All scheduled activities are weather dependent.
 
PennDOT is reconstructing and widening U.S. 1, improving the interchanges, and constructing new bridges between Old Lincoln Highway in Bensalem Township and Penndel/Business U.S. 1 in Middletown Township under two contracts (RC1, RC2) totaling more than $207 million.
 
For more information on PennDOT’s U.S. 1 reconstruction program in Bucks County, visit www.us1bucks.com.
 
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.
 
For a complete list of construction projects impacting state-owned highways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, visit the District 6 Traffic Bulletin.
 
Information about infrastructure in District 6, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D6Results. Find PennDOT's planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov. 
 
Subscribe to PennDOT District 6 news and traffic alerts at www.penndot.pa.gov/District6.

Follow PennDOT on Twitter and like the department on Facebook and Instagram.

View agenda for Bensalem Township COUNCIL MEETING to be held on Monday, March 13, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 2400 Byberry Road, Bensalem, PA 19020 HERE.

Council meetings can be viewed live by the public on cable television channels 22 (Comcast Xfinity) in Bensalem and 34 (Verizon Fios) throughout Bucks County.  Meetings will then replay daily at 1:00 A.M., 10:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.
 
 Council meetings will also live stream via the Township’s YouTube Channel, www.youtube.com/bensalemtownship. Meetings will then be available on our YouTube Channel for immediate replay, and next day streaming via the Township website, www.bensalempa.gov.

​Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 15, 2023 has been canceled due to lack of agenda items.

The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 7:00 P.M.

View agenda for Bensalem Township COUNCIL MEETING to be held on Monday, February 27, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 2400 Byberry Road, Bensalem, PA 19020 HERE

View agenda for Bensalem Township ZONING HEARING BOARD MEETING to be held on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 2400 Byberry Road, Bensalem, PA 19020 HERE.