Credit: SEPTAtow
Tullytown is wiping its hands clean of oversight of the new SEPTA Levittown Regional Rail Station currently being constructed.
At Tuesday evening’s council meeting, solicitor Mike Sellers said SEPTA and Tullytown have reached an agreement that ends “all outstanding issues and litigation.” The settlement, according to Sellers, means Tullytown would have no oversight on the project.
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The borough council approved the settlement agreement with little comment.
Last month, SEPTA filed paperwork seeking a preliminary injunction against Tullytown due to a dispute over fees. The transit agency claimed the borough was interfering with their efforts to build the $37 million train station at the site on the aging Levittown Regional Rail Station. SEPTA claimed that they were exempt from aspects of local oversight and fees because of federal law. SEPTA also alleged officials from the borough threatened to fine contractors, double permit fees and stop work.
Sellers noted SEPTA and the borough had worked together during the planing and early phases of construction on the project.
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As part of the station reconstruction, the 1950s-era station will get new, high-level boarding platforms, improved traffic patterns and entrances off Fallsington Avenue and Route 13 and will also be made fully Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible. Officials from SEPTA have said the station will get about 70 new parking spaces and a pedestrian overpass above the tracks.
The current Levittown station serves about 1,200 commuters daily and is crumbling due to its age.
