LOOKING AHEAD: PRIORITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS Warwick Township’s forward-looking agenda focuses on two major initiatives for the coming years. The Valley Road Bridge project remains a top priority, with Seckinger noting,“It is a very challenging grant to administer and it’s taken a lot of my time since we were awarded these grants in the last six months to get to the point where we have an engineer that’s prepared to draft the plans, go through all the permitting and clearance phases. So it’s a really big project for us.” Concurrently, the township is conducting a fire service study to enhance emergency response capabilities. “We’re looking at ways we can better help them to ensure their personnel counts are where they need to be,” Seckinger explains, particularly during peak hours from 4-8 p.m. and morning rush periods. The township’s collaborative approach extends to the Bucks County Consortium, a model of intermunicipal cooperation.“We pool our resources, and through economies of scale, we were able to put out bids for things that we all buy,” Seckinger says. This partnership generates significant savings on materials like salt and asphalt while reducing administrative costs.“For all these municipalities to be sharing those costs is a tremendous benefit for us,” he adds, highlighting how regional collaboration amplifies Warwick’s fiscal efficiency. MAINTAINING CHARACTER WHILE EMBRACING PROGRESS Warwick Township exemplifies how thoughtful 9 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 07 WARWICK TOWNSHIP, PA
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