Lower Merion and Narberth unveil dozens of

Lower Merion Township and Narberth Borough have released a set of 75 preliminary recommendations to make Montgomery Avenue safer for pedestrians and drivers. The recommendations were sent to Lower Merion residents by email on Tuesday, and they come out of the months-long Montgomery Avenue Corridor Safety Study.

The study looked at a seven-mile stretch of Montgomery Avenue, from City Avenue to Spring Mill Road, with the aim of identifying and ranking potential improvements. The recommendations include adding and updating speed limit markings, street lights, crosswalks, stoplights, and lane configurations at dozens of intersections along the corridor.

The effort follows a township safety plan that documented how many crashes occur on local roads. Lower Merion recorded 3,767 crashes between 2019 and 2023, according to its 2025 Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. Thirteen of those crashes were fatal, and 68 involved suspected serious injuries.

The recommendations are preliminary, and residents of both communities are invited to learn more and comment at a public meeting in the board room of the Lower Merion Township Building later this month. Nothing has been finalized, and the report does not say which changes would be built first or how much they would cost. The story was reported by The Philadelphia Inquirer.