CURWENSVILLE – The Curwensville Borough Council addressed a multitude of street issues at Monday night’s meeting. Citizens, borough employees and council members all brought issues to the table.
Ardary Avenue, a side street off of Bloomington Avenue above the high school football field, is slated for paving.
Ardary Avenue resident Rich Bauman questioned why the top and bottom portions of Ardary Avenue are being paved while the middle portion between James and Clark streets is not being paved. Bauman lives on the portion of the road that is not being paved.
Council Vice President Ronald Kuhn explained that there is a dispute regarding the boundaries of the road. He said, “We want to get it [the road] in the right place, and we want to make sure where the road lies.” Kuhn added that nothing will be done between James and Clark streets this year.
Associated surveying and legal matters involving the property lines of the Gerald Spade property should allow for a tentative answer on the paving in the spring.
Borough road paving projects scheduled to be completed before Labor Day by Grannis Bros. still remain undone.
The latest estimate was that the paving would not be done for at least two more weeks.
Grannis Bros. had asked to complete the project at the same time it completes the current paving project on Filbert Street. It appears that this project may not be completed for another month. So there is some question to the two week estimate.
It appears that Grannis Bros. now wish to complete the project after completion of the Filbert Street project. Because of weather constraints, this is just not practical for borough crews, and Grannis Bros. will be contacted.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportaion bridge project on Filbert Street is not only running late, but is causing the deterioration of several other borough roadways. The additional heavy traffic using Meadow Street, School Street and State Street has caused damage to the pavement.
Borough council will request that PennDOT cover the cost of the repairs to these streets.
Also discussed was asking PennDOT to allow the temporary light placed at the intersection of Susquehanna Avenue and Schofield Street to remain after the completion of the bridge project on Susquehanna.
Council member Denny Borger recommended that a meeting be set up with representatives from the state to discuss all matters related to their bridge project. This will be scheduled.
A representative of the Curwensville United Methodist Church located on Walnut Street said that a letter from the church board of trustees will be drafted in opposition to the proposed road widening project on Walnut Street. The church and residents are opposed as they will lose most or all of their property along Walnut street.
Additional street projects were approved at the meeting.
One catch basin will be installed on School Street behind the residence of Brian Neeper. Two additional catch basins will be installed at the bottom of Thompson Street.