Wharton officials tell residents road will close
WHARTON TWP. – Supervisors warned residents of Fayette Springs Road at Monday’s meeting that very soon the road will be closed while a number of large trees are removed. A stand of 90-foot pine trees will be removed, requiring the road to be closed by township workers as Allegheny Power employees drop power lines and their contractor, Townsend, fells the trees and prepares them for removal.
Supervisors noted that the property owners had been approached a number of times in the past about the trees but only recently gave permission for their removal.
The board agreed to help with the removal by closing the road and helping redirect traffic. Supervisor Jack Lewis stated his hope that with the trees gone, sunlight will aid in keeping ice from accumulating on the hill. A date for the work has not been set, but residents will be alerted of the closing, said supervisors.
In other business, supervisors voted to send a letter to General Motors concerning repairs to the GMC dump truck.
Lewis noted that the truck has spent the last two months in the repair garage, because General Motors was sending in specialists to finally address the truck’s chronic problem.
“It’s not fair to the township, especially to our residents, to have this truck sit for the last two months. We need to get a move on with our work and to do that we need the truck,” Lewis said. The truck, a 1995 one-ton dump, was purchased used approximately two years ago and has had problems ever since.
Addressing other matters, supervisors conducted the following business:
– Noted that at last month’s meeting on May 26 that supervisors voted to approve the Meadow Ridge Plan after solicitor Mark Morrison addressed each point raised in a letter from attorney Gary Altman on behalf of resident Lou Scheggia. The review session lasted for an hour.
– At the same meeting the board also voted to approve the KJ’s Family Fun Center proposal for the Route 40, Chalk Hill-Ohiopyle Road property, including mini-golf and a go-cart track. Supervisors were satisfied that in the 45-minute hearing solicitor Doug Sepic answered all of the concerns raised. In addition, it was noted that the developers will be required to plant screening along the northern and western property lines as well as around the 1,000-gallon fuel tank.
– Set a tentative date for the Lohr sewage hearing as June 11 or 12.
– Met in executive session for an update on the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and Spa assessment appeal.