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Contents May 2004

• Directing and Protecting the Motorist
  By making sure their traffic control devices are visible and working properly, townships can reduce accidents - and keep themselves out of court.
  
  
• Ensuring Safety with One Call
  Instituted in the early 1970s, Pennsylvania’s One Call System notifies owners of underground utilities when a contractor plans to dig near their lines. Townships are required to use the system, and as many officials will tell you, they wouldn’t want it any other way.
  
  
• Rights of Way: Who’s in Control?
  The 1996 Telecommunications Act and a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling threaten to strip townships of their right to control public rights of way. At the same time, they could lose millions in franchise fees.
  
  
• Center for Land Use Fills Niche
  Since opening last spring, the Shippensburg University Center for Land Use has gotten off to a running start and brought land use workshops, expertise, and guidance closer to home for townships in five southcentral Pennsylvania counties.
  

• Legislative Update
  
• Environmental Digest
  
• Newsworthy
  
• PA Local Government Training Partnership Training©
  
• Questions & Answers
  
• Subscription form

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