Williams Lane Closure: 5/2/2025 to 5/5/2025
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After many long years, First Friday Events are back in Hatboro! Hosted by the Chamber of Commerce, First Fridays are designed to bring foot-traffic to Hatboro through offering extended operating hours of local businesses, sidewalk sales, specials from local restaurants, activities, and more!
After the inaugural First Friday event took place on April 4, 2025, the Borough received extremely positive feedback from the Chamber, businesses, and residents alike. Among the comments received, a large majority of residents requested the return of the Hungry Hideaway Williams Lane outdoor dining area that was organized by the Borough in 2020 and 2021. This dining area closed off a portion of Williams Lane to vehicular traffic to create an outdoor seating area for attendees of events to enjoy local fare from their favorite businesses throughout the summer months.
The Borough is extremely excited to announce that outdoor seating areas will return for all First Friday events – this time with an exciting twist: outdoor seating areas will be offered on Williams Lane AND East Monument Avenue on a rotating schedule. The first Hungry Hideaway of 2025 will be held on Williams Lane on the following dates:
• Friday, May 2, 2025 – 6:30 AM on Monday, May 5, 2025: Dining area will be held on Williams Lane
In order to facilitate these outdoor seating areas, there will be special traffic restrictions and road closures as follows.
Williams Lane Dining Area
The Williams Lane Dining Area is located on Williams Lane between York Road and the rear entrance of Ross N Co’s Driveway (as pictured on the below map.)
As noted, above, the Williams Lane Dining Area will be open for visitors for the first time in 2025 from May 2nd through May 5th at 6:30 AM. In order to make this dining area possible, Williams Lane from York Road to the Ross N Company Driveway will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 1:00 PM on Friday, May 2nd to allow Public Works to set up the outdoor dining area. Please note, once this portion of road is closed, there will be no through traffic on Williams Lane between York Road and Orchard Avenue.
Residents and business owners are asked to remove all parked vehicles from Williams Lane prior to 1:00 PM on May 2nd to allow Public Works to set up the dining area. Meter bags will be placed on the meters prior to this time as well to deter on-street parking in the impacted area.
Public Works will remove the dining area and reopen Williams Lane during the morning of May 5th. We are expecting the road to be reopened by 6:30 AM on this morning; however, the exact time will be dependent on weather and staffing.
Any restaurants who normally receive deliveries via Williams Lane are encouraged to inform delivery companies of this closure if these vendors will be visiting your business any time during these closures.
The Borough has notified police, fire, and EMS personnel of this road closure to assure they are aware in the event of an emergency.
Should you have any questions, regarding this closure, please contact Borough Hall at 215-443-9100.
Future Hungry Hideaway Events:
As noted above, the Borough of Hatboro will be opening the Hungry Hideaway outdoor dining area for each First Friday event of 2025. Throughout the summer, this dining area will rotate between Williams Lane and East Monument Avenue to provide outdoor dining areas near businesses on both sides of our main street district. The Borough is currently working on a schedule for the remainder of the summer. We will release information on the remaining dates and information on the new East Monument dining area in the coming weeks.
This notification was posted by Hatboro. Hatboro is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
