Paramedics' Relocation Is Opposed

By Anne Barnard, INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT
Posted: April 04, 1996

LOWER MERION — Ardmore residents spoke out Monday against a proposed move by the Narberth Ambulance Corps to Ardmore Avenue, saying it would detract from the residential character of their neighborhood and put the paramedics in an area too congested to allow quick emergency responses.

``I'm happy for them to move there, because if I ever get sick, they can come and get me, but I pity the rest of the people in the township,'' said Alison Eachus, who lives across the street from the proposed site in the 100 block. ``I don't see how anyone else will get help.''

Speaking at a township Planning Commission meeting, she said traffic trying to turn right onto Lancaster Avenue is often backed up for several blocks from the corner.

Members of the volunteer corps, who said they had searched in vain for an affordable location in a commercial district, argued that they have coexisted with a residential neighborhood in Narberth for more than 50 years and that they negotiate Ardmore's crowded streets regularly because many calls originate there.

Some Ardmore residents expressed concern that their neighborhood has been used as a dumping ground for non-residential uses that are unwanted elsewhere.

The commission decided to take a month to consider concerns about traffic and about preserving the architectural character of the area, which has been proposed as a historical district.

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