Upper Milford supervisors, as they reviewed their April 8 meeting with representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation during last week's regular meeting, made clear they are not entirely satisfied with the agency's responses to their concerns.

In addition to a number of specific issues, they emphasized they are not happy with the lack of action regarding the stress placed on township roads by ever-increasing traffic as a result of continued development.

However, supervisors learned there might be action coming from another source which would address some of their concerns.

After supervisors Chairman George DeVault asked, "Has anyone mentioned a moratorium [on development]?" Mike Siegel, of Lower Macungie Township, president of the Little Lehigh Watershed Coalition responded, "You may get your wish."

Siegel said the Lehigh County Authority has been accepting sewage from haulers from all over the state exceeding its ability to treat it and predicted a major rainstorm is likely to cause overflow into the Little Lehigh.

"The next sewage spill into the creek will warrant a lawsuit" against all the abutting municipalities, Siegel warned.

As a consequence, he said, the state Environmental Protection Agency is contemplating a moratorium on development in Lehigh County.

Regarding specific issues discussed with PennDOT, supervisor Robert Sentner gave a point-by- point rebuttal to many of the agency's responses April 8.

Noting PennDOT had contended the intersection of Route 29 and Beck Road is not a major problem, Sentner pointed to the fatal accident at the intersection recently.

Sentner asked for written documentation of PennDOT's accident record at the intersection, as well as the agency's traffic records for some of the other trouble spots discussed at the joint meeting.

Continuing his response to PennDOT, Sentner said parts of Route 29 which supervisors have complained about have not been repaved since 1999 and are not scheduled for repaving for another five years.

"That's not acceptable," Sentner said.

Supervisors also were not satisfied with PennDOT's answers to charges of roads being poorly plowed.

"A bad winter is no excuse for poor plowing," Sentner declared.

DeVault said Vera Cruz Road in particular needs "better plowing from the get-go."

Sentner also said he called the emergency number given to the board by PennDOT, which representatives had assured would always be answered by a real person. Sentner tried it three times, he said, and never got through to anyone.

Sentner said everyone concerned about traffic needs to work with the Southwest Regional Comprehensive Plan Committee to come up with some solutions. The committee, with representatives from several municipalities in southwest Lehigh County, meets 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month in Lower Macungie Township.

In other business, Township Manager Daniel DeLong told the board the developer of the Fields at Indian Creek has submitted a plan showing the recreation/open space areas in the development. The plan will be available for supervisors to review before their next meeting.

The Fields at Indian Creek is an age-restricted development of more than 200 homes proposed near the intersection of Chestnut Street and Cedar Crest Boulevard, on the site of the former Indian Creek golf course.

The site lies mostly in Upper Milford, but also extends into Lower Macungie Township and the borough of Emmaus.