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Borough describes extensive response to late‑spring storm; council discusses power resiliency and undergrounding options
Summary
After a severe storm and extended outages, borough staff summarized response efforts — tree crew calls, traffic signal impacts, and coordination with West Penn Power — and councilmembers raised questions about longer‑term power resiliency and undergrounding lines.
Borough Manager Tom Fontaine briefed council on the municipal response to a severe late‑spring storm that left many residents without power and caused widespread tree and signal damage.
Fontaine said borough public‑works crews responded to more than 40 tree locations (excluding Penn State campus areas), repaired or managed 15 out‑of‑service traffic…
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