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Resident proposes Altoona brownfield as site for new county prison; commissioner says engineers favor expansion over building up
Summary
Mike Senesi, a Hollidaysburg resident and professional engineer, told the Blair County Commissioners on April 17 that a roughly five-acre industrial parcel off Seventeenth Street in Altoona could be used for a new or expanded county prison.
Mike Senesi, a Hollidaysburg resident and professional engineer, told the Blair County Commissioners on April 17 that a parcel off Seventeenth Street in Altoona could be reused for a proposed new or expanded county prison. He said the site is roughly five acres and already has utilities in place.
“This is about 5 acres, and the infrastructure is there,” Senesi said, describing the parcel as light industrial with existing water, sewer, gas and communications…
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