The Independence/Cross Creek Sewage Project is a little inconvenient But will be worth it in the long run.

 

Project Sign

 

 

 

The Sewage Project for six hundred households and businesses, seems to be going without much of a hitch thus far. There has been a few unexpected problems however, they have been minor. On 09-24-09, at the start of the Hillside Way run the contractor broke the main waterline through no fault of the operator. The drawings had the pipe and the pipes diameter wrong. This caused the project to fall behind, until the water company could get to the site and fix the pipe.

 Because of the shallowness of the utility lines on hillside way, the water will be shutoff every day during working hours. The daily time will be approximately 7:00 AM and ending at 6:00 PM starting Monday 09/28/09. Residents of Hillside Way would be advised to store water for, cooking and flushing toilets. After the water is turned back on, it would be advised to let all taps run until the water runs clear before using.

It is always good to look at the positive side of the little inconveniences of the construction. Our little town of Avella will reap the rewards of, cleaner waterways, and a better chance of attracting businesses to the area.

The only real complaints that I have heard, are that the residents feel as if they are left in the dark. No one was notified of the start date of project. We were not informed of the date that our area would be worked on and how it would effect getting in and out of our properties. Of course we are us to this in Avella. The Supervisors feel, the less the populous knows the less negative feedback they will have to put up with. The sad thing about that is, the people vote the same people back in every time.

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Below are photos of the beginning of the sewage preparation plant.

 

Building 1 Sewage Plant

The Sewage Plant

 

Building 2

Porject Stats

4% of the project is complete.

Counties

 

Municipalities

Cross Creek Township, Independence Township

Project Schedule

Estimated Start Date

2009-07-31

Estimated Complete Date

2010-09-01

Funding Recipient(s)

Washington

Independence-Cross Creek Joint Sewer Authority

Amount: $11,744,000 (ARRA) $3,675,000 (Other)

Sub-Recipient(s) Bankson Engineers Inc. Bankson Engineers, Inc., Alex E. Paris Contracting Company, Inc., Mongiovi and Son Excavating, Inc., Kukurin Contracting, Inc., Wagner Electric and Construction, LLC, Controlled Climate Systems, Inc., R.A. Monzo Construction Co., Inc., Independence-Cross

Households Served

552