Malvern Voters Favor Preservation Of Land Off Ruthland Avenue

MALVERN, PA — The majority of Malvern voters in the May primary election voted in favor of preserving a 0.847-acre tract of land off Ruthland Avenue.

The voters were asked a referendum question to determine the fate of the land .847 tract.

A total of 537 voters favored granting a conservation easement, and 417 voted against granting the easement, according to unofficial results provided by Chester County Voters Services.

The conservation easement will be granted to the Willistown Conservation Trust, Inc.

The tract is adjacent to the Malvern Fire Department property and Randolph Woods.

The conservation easement designates the land for publicly accessible passive recreation and open space activities.

Passive recreation and open space activities are only those activities that can be carried out with little or no alteration or disruption to the natural features of the land on which they take place and which serve to preserve, restore, enhance, or maintain habitat areas for native flora and fauna.

The easement would limit the following activities or uses including the operation of pedal cycles or the construction of a bike path or “pump park."

It will also limit the use of motorized vehicles, construction, use of chemical and biological additives, disturbance of soil, signage, quarrying and excavation, groundwater removal, actions affecting streams and wetlands, dumping, and tree cutting.