North Union supervisors say Yauger Hollow flood damage repair is progressing
Work on fixing the damage in Yauger Hollow caused by a July 2013 flood is progressing, North Union Township supervisors said on Tuesday.
The $485,185 project, which the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency is paying for, started in May.
Repairs to the top half of the road and creek walls is mostly done and the contractor has brought in a second work crew, Supervisor Curtis Matthews said.
Work started on bridge No.3 and work on another bridge will start next, Matthews said.
The repair work should be done by the end of the month. The road will be paved after the repairs are finished, he said.
He said emergency vehicles and U.S. Postal Service vehicles still have access to the road despite the road closure signs.
In unrelated business, the supervisors authorized solicitor Donald McCue to prepare a resolution or ordinance to set $5 as the minimum amount of a property assessment reduction that the township would refund.
When a property’s assessed value is decreased, the township receives a notice and is asked to refund the difference in taxes, said Thomas Kumor, chairman of the board of supervisors.
Many of the refunds are only $1.50 to $3, which is less than it costs the township in time and postage to process the refund, Kumor said.
In other business, the supervisors:
n Announced Brown Boulevard and Lexington Avenue will be milled starting today and repaving will begin on Monday.
n Awarded contracts for stone to Coolspring Stone Supply for $126,500 or $155,000 delivered and Derry Stone and Lime Co.; an asphalt contract to Golden Eagle Construction for $380,000 and voted to re-advertise for fuel bids because no bids were submitted.