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Borough expects CDBG funding for senior-center parking-lot reconstruction; county agrees to cover unexpected playground pipe work
Summary
Engineers said the senior-center parking lot has severe settlement and likely requires ground improvement; county commissioners have provisionally supported a CDBG application that could bring about $715,000 for construction. During Manor Park playground work crews found a blocked storm pipe; the county pledged funding to cover the contractor's change order so the borough would not bear the extra cost.
Kurt Schroeder of Gilmore Engineers told council the senior-center parking lot shows extensive settlement, likely caused by landfill material under the surface, and "it's one of the worst parking lots I think I've seen in my career." He said that full reconstruction with geotechnical ground improvements will be required rather than a simple mill-and-overlay.
Schroeder said county commissioners have "blessed the support of this grant" pending HUD approval and that, if HUD approves the…
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