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For information on submitting an obituary, please contact Reading Eagle by phone at 610-371-5018, or email at obituaries@readingeagle.com or fax at 610-371-5193. Most obituaries published in the Reading Eagle are submitted through funeral homes and cremation services, but we will accept submissions from families. Obituaries can be emailed to obituaries@readingeagle.com. In addition to the text of the obituary, any photographs that you wish to include can be attached to this email. Please put the text of the obituary in a Word document, a Google document or in the body of the email. The Reading Eagle also requires a way to verify the death, so please include either the phone number of the funeral home or cremation service that is in charge of the deceased's care or a photo of his/her death certificate. We also request that your full name, phone number and address are all included in this email. All payments by families must be made with a credit card. We will send a proof of the completed obituary before we require payment. The obituary cannot run, however, until we receive payment in full. Obituaries can be submitted for any future date, but they must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. the day prior to its running for it to be published. Please call the obituary desk, at 610-371-5018, for information on pricing. PennDOT officials are seeking public comment on a proposal to install roundabouts along State Hill Road around the Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing. The federally funded project seeks to improve traffic safety and mobility, as well as stormwater drainage along the corridor, according to PennDOT’s website. At a meeting in Wyomissing in October, PennDOT officials laid out plans for three multilane roundabouts on State Hill Road between the Spring Street and Colony Drive intersections. Roundabouts are planned for the following locations, according to PennDOT: • Spring Street and Granite Point Drive intersections. • Route 222 north and Route 422 east ramp. • Route 222 south and Route 422 west ramp. Another project that was not reviewed at the meeting but will move forward after the first project begins includes several other State Hill upgrades: • A roundabout at the intersection at Berkshire Mall driveway and Greenwood Mall neighborhood entrance. • A roundabout at the Woodland Road intersection. • Widening State Hill Road to five lanes between Woodland Road and Berkshire Boulevard with the addition of a two-way left-turn lane. Pavement markings and overhead signs will direct drivers through the roundabouts, PennDOT said. An elongated “tear drop” roundabout will direct traffic at the Granite Point Drive and Spring Street intersections. That roundabout will restrict left turns onto Granite Point Drive, instead requiring traffic heading westbound to Granite Point to make a U-turn at the Route 222 north roundabout. Traffic heading east onto Spring Street will still be able to enter at the intersection using the roundabout. A new sidewalk will connect the railroad overpass to the Tower Health building at 950 N. Wyomissing Blvd. A shared-use path away from the road will be installed for pedestrians and cyclists on the south side of State Hill Road, according to PennDOT. Locations where sidewalks cross the roundabouts will feature crosswalks and pedestrian activated flashing beacons, PennDOT noted. The project includes sharper yield lanes at the Routes 422 and 222 roundabouts than what currently exist, which PennDOT says will slow vehicles, provide better visibility and improve merging for highway traffic. Those interested in sharing their thoughts on the project can submit comments to PennDOT until Nov. 20. Construction on the initial three roundabouts is slated to start in summer 2027 and continue until fall 2030. The second roundabout project will have some overlap with the first and will begin moving forward with design after construction on the first project has begun, according to Sean Brown, safety press officer with PennDOT. Brown said the three initial roundabouts are estimated to cost around $10.7 million.
