Ohiopyle park, road improvements dedicated
OHIOPYLE — Mayor Mark McCarty used a familiar phrase to describe $2.4-million in community park and transportation improvement projects that were unveiled at a dedication ceremony Wednesday.
McCarty called the upgrades an extreme makeover, which was the same phrase he used at last year’s dedication of a $1.3-million storm sewer and streetscape improvement project.
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Hollidaysburg, said the latest projects are the result of cooperation among local, state and federal officials and agencies.
“It’s a team effort. Only good things happen when you work as a team,” Shuster said.
Shuster also announced that $75,000 in federal funding has been allocated for the borough to design and plan a new sanitary sewer collection system. He said the required local matching funds are in place.
The borough has to upgrade its sewerage lines and treatment plant to prevent rain from causing sewage backups and could eventually be forced to make improvements to comply with state and federal regulations, he said.
Shuster joined state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Richard Allan, state Rep. Tim Mahoney, D-South Union, Fayette County Commissioner Vincent Zapotosky, state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 12 Executive Joseph Szczur and Fayette County Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Andrew French for the dedication.