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New
Businesses Open
on Main Street
Visit:
The Tennis
Shop, 448 East Main Street - A full-service retail store offering men’s,
women’s, and children’s national brand tennis clothing, shoes,
tennis racquets and tennis accessories, including an extensive selection of Oakley
sunglasses.
Blend, 454 East Main Street - A community coffeehouse offering One Village Coffee, locally
roasted in Souderton.
Complete
Nutrition, 323 East Main Street – Offering a full line of nutritional
supplements
Press Releases
Collegeville
Main Street Program to Unveil
State Farm Good Neighbors Curbside Appeal Program
Collegeville
Begins Downtown Revitalization Study
Ursinus
College Lighting the Way to Pedestrian Safety
Collegeville
Main Street Program Design Committee Awards
Golden Brush Award
Gouls
and Gals to Gather for Collegeville Rotary Halloween Parade
Collegeville
Main Street Program One of Ten in Country Selected to Participate
in Pedestrian Safety Program
This
Place Matters: Group Photo Planned Outside of the Perkiomen
Bridge Hotel in Collegeville
Collegeville
Main Street Manager attends rally in Capital Rotunda to support
funding for Main Street and Elm Street Programs
Collegeville
Main Street Program Design Committee to Award First
Golden Brush Award
Newsletters
CBS
Channel 3 Live News Coverage
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Foot
Smarts
From the Collegeville Police Department and Collegeville Main Street
Program Pedestrian Safety Committee…
Did
You Know:
- At intersections with
no signals (even a broken signal), pedestrians have the right-of-way
when crossing the road within a crosswalk (whether it’s
marked or not).
- Pedestrians
may not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and
walk or run into the path of a vehicle that is so close as
to constitute a hazard. Doing so could result
in fines and court costs in excess of $50. Think twice
before you step out into traffic!!
- In
2008, Pennsylvania drivers were involved in 174 fatal crashes
with pedestrians. And that doesn’t
include the non-fatal but serious accidents.
- It
takes the average person 1.5 seconds to perceive and then react
to an incident in the road ahead of them. During
those 1.5 seconds your car is STILL moving forward. This
is why we post speed limits – to give you time to react. Keep
our citizens safe! Drive at or below the speed limit – and
maintain a safe following distance.
- The
safe following distance is MUCH farther than you may think. Use
the 3-Second Rule: follow the car in front of you, and
stay THREE seconds behind it. At night or in hazardous
weather, double that to SIX seconds. Maintaining a safe
distance from cars ahead of you is critical to safety, especially
in an area where there are pedestrians. Stay safe – stay
alive.
PennDOT reminds motorists that the pedestrian crossing signs placed in the center
of the road at designated areas are designed to slow down traffic and alert motorists
to areas where they can expect pedestrians.
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