SEPTA recently announced that a 24-hour Jack-and-Bore Operation to install a detention basin is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, May 8 as part of the Jenkintown Stream and Restoration Project. Crews will be working 24/7 until May 31 at the 200 block of Runnymede Avenue in Jenkintown, a site that has been a source of tension since the project was first announced.

The purpose of the project is to control overflow from Baeder Run and reduce impacts to SEPTA assets at the Jenkintown-Wyncote Station. A flier circulated by SEPTA officials details plans for the forthcoming basin.

Phase 1 of the project began Monday, September 19. The flier: