Redevelopment authority awards contract
The Fayette County Redevelopment Authority awarded a contract Tuesday to an excavating company to move forward with a water line replacement project in Redstone Township. Seiler Excavating of South Union Township submitted the low bid of $81,615 for the project that will be focused in the Chestnut Ridge area of Redstone Township.
Authority executive director Andrew French said that the authority received six bids for the project, and Widmer Engineering Inc. of Connellsville reviewed all bids and recommended awarding the contract to Seiler.
The project is being conducted in conjunction with the North Fayette County Municipal Water Authority and Redstone Township, French said.
After the water lines are replaced, French said that the township would use federal Community Development Block Grant money to reconstruct the roads affected by the installation.
In other business during Tuesday’s brief session, the authority heard an update from French regarding the transportation project in Ohiopyle.
Last month, the authority entered into an engineering agreement with a local firm to continue working on design plans for the project in Ohiopyle.
French said the $199,764 agreement has allowed Sucevic, Piccolomini & Kuchar Engineering Inc. of Uniontown to work on designing a plan for the Route 381 corridor in Ohiopyle that will focus on incorporating all types of travel.
He said Tuesday that the project could be ready for bid as early as this month.
Construction is expected to begin next year on the $1.8 million project intended to make it easier and safer for bicyclists, pedestrians and kayakers to cross Route 381, which runs between the borough and the park bordering the river.
Some of the work also will be designed to provide safe access to a planned visitors center on Sugarloaf Road.