Plant improvement is vital
Recently I attended a public meeting of the Greater Uniontown Sewage Authority. The main item on the agenda was the proposed upgrade and expansion of the plant. The authority has a $14.8 million Pennvest loan approved, which it applied for based on the engineering firm’s estimate of the cost of the expansion. Unfortunately, the lowest bid received for construction came in at $2.8 million more than the estimate.
The board discussed having the expansion down-sized because it may have been over designed. This would delay the project a minimum of nine months.
The area badly needs this project not only for the immediate construction and spin-off jobs it would create, but also for the economic development that comes with improved infrastructure.
If the expansion moves ahead now, its completion will tie in nicely with the completion of the Mon-Fayette Expressway. If the project is tabled and re-bid at a later date, the authority may very well pay more money for less sewage plant because of rising fuel and labor costs. The low bidder on the project, as it stands, is already $500,000 under the nearest bidder.
I strongly urge that the authority, its solicitors and our elected officials find a way to fund the project as it stands and move Fayette County forward.
Adam Davare
Uniontown
On team’s ‘success’
I understand that due to scheduling problems the Uniontown High School varsity’s baseball team was unable to be accommodated at the Bailey Park facilities.
I will agree that the Midget League field is short there, and in years past, some long-ball hitters were advanced to the Teener field. I never knew of such players or only a few other well-known players of prominent local fame – unless the fences have been moved in over the years – to have ever reached, let alone knocked a ball out of the Teener field, especially its prodigious left center galley.
Surely the coach, varsity and city, can find a better excuse for their baseball team’s lack of success over the years.
William H. Eisler
Stafford, Va.