Lower Moreland Township Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

UPDATED WEDNESDAY, AUG 6, 2020 - 6:30 PM

ALL LOWER MORELAND ROADS NOW OPEN


UPDATED TUESDAY, AUG 5, 2020 - 8:20 AM

There's an estimated 130,000 PECO customers in the region waiting for power to be restored after yesterday's storm. We realize that this is an especially difficult time during COVID with limited options for everyone. We are continuing to follow up with PECO on updates and will share information as they become available.

Residents are encouraged to continue reporting outages to PECO.

Please note that the Township does not regulate PECO nor have any control over when electricity is restored.

https://www.peco.com/…/CheckOutageStat…/Pages/OutageMap.aspx

ROAD UPDATES:

•Terwood - OPEN
•Byberry (Pine to Philmont) - still CLOSED
Pine – CLOSED

•Traffic lights at Pine/Welsh – still OUT
•Traffic light at County Line & Buck – still OUT

Again, drivers are advised to take extra caution on the road.

UPDATED TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 2020 - 2:00 pm

A number of residents' trash and recycling were missed today due to the severity of today's storm. Any missed trash and recycling collection from today will be picked up tomorrow, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5.

Reminder, if you have a power outage, report your power outages to PECO via their website or telephone.

1-800-841-4141
https://www.peco.com/Outa…/ReportAnOutage/Pages/default.aspx

UPDATED TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 2020 - 11:15 AM

ROAD CLOSURE!

• WELSH ROAD (between Valley Rd. & Huntingdon Pk) CLOSED due to large tree down.
  PECO has been notified due to live wires exposed.

• PHILMONT AVE (between Red Lion to Pine)

• TERWOOD RD (various sections) - Drivers are advised to avoid Terwood overall

• HEATON ROAD (entire section)
• PINE RD @ Byberry (going southbound)

UPDATED TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 2020 - 7:30 AM

A Tornado Watch has been issued for our area.

For more information on tornado preparedness, visit: https://www.ready.gov/tornadoes

UPDATED MONDAY, AUG 3, 2020:
Tropical Storm headed our way.
Tuesday (8/4) trash collection is on as scheduled with haulers starting pick up one hour earlier than normal on Tuesday. In the event that there are still delays with trash collection as a result of the storm on Tuesday, any remaining collection is currently planned to resume on Wednesday (8/5).

Any road closures or additional updates related to the storm will be posted on the Township Facebook page as well as the Township website.