New sewer plant now moving through PennDOT approvals
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SENTINEL FILE PHOTO - The Shenandoah sewer plant on August 1, 2018.
SHENANDOAH – The next hurdle for the new Shenandoah Sewer Treatment Plant is PennDOT.
Sewer Authority Engineer Chris McCoach, of Alfred Benesch and Co., provided a status update at Wednesday’s meeting.
He said a meeting is set next week with PennDOT. With the project’s proximity to Route 54, he said PennDOT may require boreholes be drilled in the shoulder of the road.
“We’re only going to be at the tow of the slope. I don’t think they’re really necessary,” McCoach said. “My hope is we can talk them out of needing the borings. If we have to do them, we have to do them, we have no choice in the matter.”
McCoach said the U.S. Department of Agriculture is “anxious to get the project bid, as we are.” The USDA awarded a $5,474,000 grant. and $12,532,000 loan to fund the project.
“They understood its in PennDOT’s hands right now,” McCoach said.
The project project to replace the aging plant near William Penn, built in 1974, has been wading through regulatory red tape since funding was awarded in 2018.
In other business, Board Member Robert Shumski raised concerns over some people having a water bill in one name and a sewer bill in another, causing issues in shutting off service.
The board voted to allow Solicitor Jim Amato to negotiate the matter with Aqua Pennsylvania.
The authority also discussed the replacement of two manhole extensions in Shenandoah Heights that were paved over.
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