Montgomery County · Lower Gwynedd · MCPC #25-0092-001
Gwynedd Mercy HS Trail Conditional Use
Sumneytown Pike , Lower Gwynedd, PA · school · 42.08 acres
About this project
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School plans a pedestrian bridge on its Sumneytown Pike campus in Lower Gwynedd Township, linking the main school building to the track and field area. The span would cross wetlands and a stream buffer along a tributary of Trewellyn Creek, on a site of about 42 acres. The county supports the plan but asks that buffer areas disturbed by the work be replanted and protected from invasive plants.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Replant vegetation along the new wood edge and riparian buffer to resist invasives, Replace wetlands and riparian buffer area destroyed by development, per township code §1298.17(c)
- Applicant
- Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
- Zoning
- A-Residential
- Approvals needed
- conditional use
Filing history
- 2025-05-05 · MCPC #25-0092-001 · Prelim Plan, Conditional Use
County review letters
2025-05-05 · LGWYN 25-0092-001r.pdf
Scope estimate for contractors
- Pedestrian bridge crossing wetlands and riparian buffer
- Bridge connecting high school building to track and field facility
- Riparian buffer replacement and revegetation
- DEP GP-7 general permit obtained