SCHUYLKILL HAVEN - The Schuylkill Haven Borough Council adopted a resolution Wednesday needed to create designated areas in the borough for "way-finding" signs.
Carl Berger, borough economic development director, said the resolution is needed because it is a PennDOT requirement in order to place signs on a state road. The signs would be on routes 443 and 61.
The borough will send an application to the state Department of Transportation for the designation after the public hearing that will be held before the monthly meeting Sept. 18. The vote by council to do this was unanimous.
Approval from PennDOT could take "three months to six months to a year," Berger said by phone Wednesday.
In July 2012, the borough was awarded a $24,000 Heritage Trail Town Grant for directional signs. Funds came from the Schuylkill River Greenway Association, a state-funded program.
The directional signs would inform people where points of interest such as The Island and Bubeck Park are in the borough. The exact number of signs to be placed has yet to be determined, but Berger said previously it could be about 10.
The borough also received the designation of Heritage Trail Town last year from the association. Berger said that designation informs people that the borough is a place they could visit while using hiking trails in the state.
In other news, borough manager Scott Graver said sections of Wilson, Jackson, Grant and Avenue D will be paved using liquid fuels funds.
The council also approved the 2013 Community Development Block Grant application. The borough expects to receive $91,530 in funding. The borough will apply for $75,055 for housing rehabilitation and administration cost amounting to $16,475 for application, preparation, environmental review and related costs, according to a borough document.
Mazzuca Enterprises Inc., Pottsville, was paid $183,648.30 for the work on the wastewater treatment plant effluent emergency station outfall project. Money from the project came from a more than $1 million grant awarded by the state earlier.
The pump station will be built near the current sewage treatment plant in the borough.
"They're about 95 percent done," Graver said of the project.
Money from the grant was previously spent on the Main Street flood wall to alleviate flood concerns. Work at the wall started last August and consisted of installing concrete matting and other measures to reduce flooding and prevent erosion of the bank.
Another part of the project was flood obstruction removal.
The council also approved a change order amounting to a $7,500 credit for the West End Interceptor Project, which will add additional sewer capacity to the sewer system, and add a pipe if needed.
The credit is because a different manhole will be used, Graver said.
"The scheduled start date is Sept. 17," he said.
The $1,188,800 project was awarded to Pact Construction, New Jersey in July. The project is funded from a capital reserve bond account.