K&W Engineers and Consultants

Client: Diocese of Harrisburg

Owner: Bishop McDevitt School

On-Site improvements include:

• Parking lots (969 parking spaces) and access drives to serve the high school and athletic facilities
• Separate parent and bus drop-off loops
• 1,250' public water line extension
• 2,500' public sewer line extension
• Sidewalks, curbing, and associated site improvements
• Three (3) stormwater management basins and associated collection and conveyance facilities
• Stormwater infiltration/water quality facilities
• Athletic facilities
• Baseball field
• Softball field
• Soccer field
• Lacrosse and field hockey practice fields
• Football stadium
• Tennis courts

Off-Site improvements include:

• Intersection improvements (Page Road and Spring Creek Road intersection)
• Traffic signal
• Roadway widening for turning lanes in all directions
• Re-construction (lowering) of vertical curve on Page Road to increase safe stopping distance at traffic signal
• Widening of Spring Creek Road from Page Road to site access point

Challenges

• The steep topography of the site provided many challenges to develop a high school campus
• Significant roadway improvements were required
• The site is located in the Spring Creek watershed, which is part of an Act 167 that requires a strict reduction in stormwater run-off
• Limited area was available for surface stormwater detention facilities

Solutions

• K&W worked closely with municipal officials to coordinate efficient land development and permitting approvals.
• K&W worked closely with the project Architect to design a site and building that would engage the current landscape.
• Athletic fields were designed on multiple levels to reduce the need for retaining walls.
• K&W prepared a Traffic Impact Study during the due diligence phase to determine the extent of roadway improvements. This allowed PENNDOT permitting to occur simultaneously with the Township land development approval process.