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Township updates ARPA stormwater projects and says SEPTA agreement remains pending for Octorrera trail
Summary
Staff reported ARPA-funded work on Newlin Way basin and Carter Way stream restoration to generate DEP MS4 credits; officials said final edits from SEPTA are pending for the Octorrera pedestrian-bridge agreement and DCNR is asking the council to acknowledge budget changes.
Concord Township staff told the council on Feb. 4 that two remaining ARPA-funded water-quality projects'a Newlin Way basin retrofit and a Carter Way stream-restoration effort'are out to bid and scheduled for spring work, and that both projects are intended to generate PRP credits to help satisfy the township's MS4 permit obligations with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Engineering staff said the Newlin Way basin is a previously township-owned basin that needs cleanup and restoration and that Carter Way work will focus on the headwaters area behind a Wawa site and adjacent township-owned open space. Both projects were described as among the final ARPA-funded initiatives the township must complete.
On the Octorrera trail project (materials in the packet use the project name as submitted to grantors), township staff said they continue to negotiate a pedestrian-bridge agreement with SEPTA. Staff reported weekly outreach to SEPTA and said final edits to the agreement were expected from SEPTA; staff also noted design changes requested by PECO and SEPTA have affected project budgets. DCNR grant administrators, staff said, have asked the council to formally acknowledge budget amendments arising from those design changes; the packet shows DCNR and other grant contributions of roughly $500,000, with the township covering remaining design and permitting costs.
Staff said many permit submissions remain in review and the goal is to have permit items in a good position well before an August milestone the project team referenced in materials. The council moved and approved an acknowledgement of the budget amendments as requested by DCNR.
Engineering staff also reported the contractor work on land-development projects (Encompass next door and Orchard Knoll, where an on-site preconstruction meeting with the conservation district occurred) and said staff will monitor tree-protection delineation in the field. Road-program planning for 2025 was also underway, with Spring Valley Road already on the short-list for consideration.
Council members asked for continued monthly updates on ARPA projects and the Octorrera trail; staff said they would provide them.
