TECPORT BUSINESS CENTER
Swatara Township, Dauphin County, PA

When Crossgates, Inc. was looking to develop the former AMP world headquarters campus in Swatara Township, Dauphin County, PA into one of the leading Technology Parks in Pennsylvania, they knew they needed to hire a project team that could meet the challenges of this demanding project. One of the challenges of this development site was that major access for the project was on Paxton Street, a one-way roadway along the property's frontage. Transportation Resource Group, Inc. (TRG) was selected to perform the project's Traffic Impact Study (TIS), and a separate study that converted Paxton Street (S.R. 3010) from a one-way traffic operation to a two-way operation. Also, TRG revised existing signal plans and prepared new signal plans to accommodate the change in traffic flow. Coordination between the signals was also provided.

The TecPort Development has been a tremendous success, with development continuing on the 102-acre campus. At full build-out, it is anticipated that the business center will consist of over 1,000,000 S.F. and add approximately 4,000 jobs to the area. State grants and funding were instrumental in getting the project off the ground. TRG assisted the project team by making formal presentations to PennDOT and the local Municipal Planning Organization (MPO), related to the recommended transportation improvements.

This project was a public-private partnership whereby Crossgates, Inc. financed the engineering of the project, while PennDOT performed and financed the construction.

This project received the Central Pennsylvania American Society of Civil Engineers "2007 Project of the Year" Award.

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