Cecil Township to request Georgetown Road traffic study
Cecil Township is requesting support from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in determining the best way to proceed with a reduced-scope project to resolve persistent issues along Georgetown Road.
The board of supervisors authorized township manager Donald Gennuso to formally contact PennDOT to request a traffic study of Georgetown Road to determine what could be done to improve the roadway in future projects during a meeting last week.
The informally known “Georgetown Scalper” overpass in the 500 block of Georgetown Road close to Valley Brook Road has been the bane of dozens of truck drivers over the years, as its unusually low 11-foot clearance has led to numerous stuck semi-trucks despite ample signage.
The township applied for a nearly $3 million PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Grant in fall 2025 to raise the railroad overpass above the road alongside a number of associated improvements, and was awarded $750,000 in January.
Supervisor Cindy Fisher said this funding amount means that the township will have to “restructure” the project in order to make best use of the available capital.
According to Fisher, the township receives regular comments from residents about traffic concerns along the roadway, calling it a “daily issue.”
Fisher said the township hopes to have more information about the revised project plan available within the next few months.
Gennuso said he is waiting to hear back from PennDOT on whether, and when, they could proceed with the traffic study on the road.
“The study will generate a report and the results from the report will inform our next steps,” he said.