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As of 2009, there were 20.87 miles (33.59 km) of public roads in Ridley Park, of which 4.42 miles (7.11 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 16.45 miles (26.47 km) were maintained by the borough. [19] Interstate 95 is the main highway serving the borough, with exit 8 serving Ridley Park directly.
Counties with a home rule charter may design their own form of county government, but are still generally subject to the County Code (which covers first-, third-, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-class counties) or the Second-Class County Code (which covers second-class and second-class A counties).
Ridley Township derives its name from Ridley, Cheshire, England, from where John Simcock, one of the original settlers, emigrated. [4] The first mention of Ridley in court records is from 1684 when tax collectors were appointed for the township. [5] During the Revolutionary War, Ridley was traversed by both the Continental Army and the British ...
Ridley Park Borough council votes to increase property and sewer taxes 17 percent to a offset budget shortfall, due to Taylor Hospital's unpaid back taxes.
Ridley School District is a large, suburban public school district in southeastern Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It serves the residents of Ridley Township, and the boroughs of Ridley Park and Eddystone. The township includes the census-designated places of Folsom and Woodlyn. [2] Ridley School District encompasses approximately 8 square miles.
Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act is a public lands acquisition law enacted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on 22 June 1964. It permits the state to issue bonds for the purchase of lands for public parks, reservoirs, and other conservation, recreation, and historical preservation purposes, and to coordinate those purchases with local governments.
Swarthmorewood is different from Swarthmore because, while residents have a Swarthmore mailing address, their taxes go to Ridley Township and are considered part of the Ridley School District. The neighborhood sits on the border of Springfield and Swarthmore townships. It is also bordered by the Woodlyn, Wallingford, and Grace Park neighborhoods.
Ridley Creek is a tributary of the Delaware River in Chester and Delaware counties, Pennsylvania in the United States. [4]The entire drainage basin is in the suburban Philadelphia area, but the upper creek and extensive park lands on the creek retain a rural character, while the mouth of the creek has long been heavily industrialized.