President of the Delaware River water front. The Agency Planning the park. These renderings show a 12acre seemless transition have old city to the highway to the waters sglej i think you can see the city extend to the water front and water front extend to the city. The mayor announced a 90 million commitment from the city and penn do the and William Foundation announce 125 million combined and 10 million from the final goal. It will connect the city to the water. And the park would extend over 95 and columbus boulevard from chestnut to walnut. Jena lives nearby and looks forward to the idea. I think it will gb for the city and community. I think it will be good for the kids and families. It will give them something to do. More moreerring plans to make it seasonable adding ice skating in the winter and. Looks like a great park. Havertown resident kirk smucker wants to bring his kids when the park opens. Its great to get people out and bring people into the city and revenue into the city
David spunt is live with how the project could change the look of the city, david. Hi, jessica. Its a massive undertaking xin xing. The plan began on paper. That all changed when more than 200 million came in, in a matter of days. A drive down 95 where columbus boulevard shows how cutoff the city is from the river. That will change. Get ready for a new penns landing. It will be rulely transfor transformtive. Tom corcoran is the president of the Delaware River water front. The Agency Planning the park. These renderings show a 12acre seemless transition have old city to the highway to the waters sglej i think you can see the city extend to the water front and water front extend to the city. The mayor announced a 90 million commitment from the city and penn do the and William Foundation announce 125 million combined and 10 million from the final goal. It will connect the city to the water. And the park would extend over 95 and columbus boulevard from chestnut to walnut. Jena lives nearby
Leaders, what did they say . Reporter they had a whole lot to say, jacqueline, about where they are with the repairs, the investigation. More importantly, the customers. And those we talked to today, the riders tell us theyre already putting plans in motion for alternative arrangements. Others say theyre more comfortable with persevering through the summer. Today im worried. Im taking alternative routes. Usually the bus. Is it making your commute longer . Much longer, yeah. How long . About twice as long. About two hours. Reporter worried and making alternative transportation arrangements. Thats how septas regional riders are handling day two of 120 fewer cars on the tracks. We took their concerns to ron hopkins, assistant general manager of operations on septa. Engineers are working around the clock to determine how to repair the cracks in the silver liner five trains, and what caused the defect discovered last friday. We probably have well over 50plus engineers that are working with
Now, we are also investigating the cause of the fires. Once we find out some more of those questions, well try to talk to people, find out what their delay was like this afternoon. Live in wynnwood, brandon hudson, nbc 10 news. Now lets look at the delays. If you are waiting for your loved one to get home, 542 is 41 minutes later. The 536 to northtown is a half hour late. Monique braxton is at suburb station. Are you getting an earful from frustrated passengers . Reporter well, i guess you could say i am. Everybody is hot. Theyre trying not to be bothered. Folks saying, look at the boards. If you look at the boards, most of the trains leaving suburban station are running late. Not good news this afternoon. Septas Operations Manager said they hope to know why theres a defect and fix or replace the trains involved by the end of the summer. At the end of the day, its the safety of our passengers that were concerned about. Reporter thats what the Operations Manager said when i asked him ab
Approaching Sussex County again. Sussex county has already seen a lot of heavy rain today. We also are looking at Flooding Issues there. Precip rate is over two inches an hour. Mills boro seeing some of the heavier rain, too. So well be watching that closely. South jersey, spotty showers through atlanta county, up to philadelphia. Light steady rainfall around the major interstates. Wet roadways tonight. The evening commute wet, im sure slow going, too. Showers on the heavier side in parts of berks county, near allentown. Well be watching these as we go through tonight. We already have a flood advisory out for these areas. Up to two inches of rain here. Well watch that closely with any street or creek flooding. For tomorrow, it will be a different story. A lot hotter than today, more humid, excessive heat warnings are out feeling more like triple digits. Now, join nbc 10 exclusive. Do you know this man . Police say hes been ripping off churches in montgomery and delaware counties and th