Municipal Campus

Our municipal campus includes the Township Building, the Public Works facilities and the Library. The Library is in need of repair or replacement. The township building has been deemed to have inadequate police facilities and other inadequacies. The public works space is cramped and should be enlarged. Independent evaluations put our facilities toward the bottom of comparable townships within the county and beyond.

We issued a Request for Proposal and subsequently, after a public meeting, have selected three finalists. See box at right.

The question is whether we should now be creating a new campus. What will it cost and how will it be paid for? Are there alternative locations within the campus for the various functions? Are there alternative locations within the township for any of these functions? No decisions have been made. We began the process by selecting an advisory board of neighbors and township experts and interested people. Get involved and help us make the right choices for our community. The Municipal Campus Advisory Group meets monthly (see township website) and their meetings are always open to the public.

Description of Current Campus

The Springfield Township Municipal Campus presently encompasses approximately 9.88 divided acres at the intersection of Paper Mill Road and Hawthorne Lane in the Wyndmoor section of Springfield Township.

The primary facilities located at the Southwestern intersection (3.28 acres) include a 6,500 square foot, single story Police and Administration building and a 6,000 square foot, four-bay garage housing the Public Works Department. Both facilities were built in the mid 1950's and have received only minor renovations and mechanical upgrades since their original construction.

A recently acquired property located at 8900 Hawthorne Lane provides an additional 1.45 acres of land for expansion and buffering opportunities to the Public Works functions. A .64 acre lot located adjacent to the police wing of the existing Township Building can be incorporated into the campus upgrade.

Along the Southeastern intersection (2.83 acres) stands the Free Library of Springfield Township and the headquarters of the Springfield Ambulance Association. The single story brick library covers 9,275 square feet and was built in 1965. This facility has also received only minor upgrades since its original construction. The 2,016 square foot ambulance garage was constructed of finished face concrete masonry block in 1990 and is not a part of the campus improvement project. A vacant 1.54 acre tract located adjacent to the Library Building can also be incorporated into the plans.