Politics & Government
Digital Billboard Proposed in Newtown Near Edgmont Border
Instead of three monopole, stagnant billboards along West Chester Pike in Newtown Square, the investment group proposes one digital, ground-mounted billboard display on Hatches Lane and West Chester Pike just before Edgmont Township.
NEWTOWN SQUARE–Billboards have been a hot button issue in Newtown Township for some time now but residents may not be aware of what is happening right down the block.
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Thaddeus Bartkowski III, owner of Bartkowski Investment Group (BIG) and Catalyst Outdoor Advertising, presented the alternative.
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Bartkowski's alternative proposal includes: trading out the three aerial billboards–measured at approximately 60 feet high–along West Chester Pike/Rt. 3 (at the locations of , Newtown Beer & Soda and ) that are currently before the Zoning Hearing Board for one digital display that is mounted to the ground.
The billboard is called the Gateway Display, a ground-mounted digital display system made with a stone base and surrounded by landscaping.
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Bartkowski is proposing only one Gateway digital display by Hatches Lane off of Rt. 3 on the western tip of Newtown, just by the border of Edgmont Township.
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