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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Streetscape Project Nearly Finished

Bridgeville’s streetscape construction project is expected to be completed by the end of the month.

Bridgeville’s summer-long streetscape project is winding down and expected to be completed by the end of the month. That should come as welcome news for business owners who have been working around construction crews and motorists who have been stuck in traffic from the lack of turn lanes on Washington Avenue. All lanes should be reopened in a couple of weeks and the borough is now ordering bushes and other plants where the trees used to stand. Borough Manager Lori Collins said they will plant shamrock hollies, big blue lily turf and black eye susans. “We can’t put trees in because the planting beds are too shallow,” Collins said. “We’d end up with issues like we had before. “We’re happy about get everything in. Maybe next year, some of …

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Streetscape Design Almost Completed

Heidelberg, Carnegie and Scott are almost ready to approve the final design of the $2.2 million project.

The $2.2 million Tri-Community Streetscape project that stretches from Heidelberg through Scott Township and into Carnegie is hitting the homestretch. The three municipalities are getting closer to making last-minute adjustments before approving the final plans to begin work. “Things are finally taking shape,” Heidelberg borough Manager Joe Kauer said. “We’re moving into final decisions.” The borough now has the most recent engineering designs of the project along Route 50 between Second and Fourth streets. They’re hoping for final decisions later this month on the number of lampposts and their locations for the streetscape project. “They’re in final design mode,” Kauer told the borough council during its Tuesday night workshop meeting. “…

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