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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa City Council met via ZOOM Wednesday night and awarded a bid of $50,000 submitted by S. WATKINS , INC. for “THE BRICKS! CLEARING PROJECT. Council also approved a BCCD Block Grant application of $277,000 for 2022 to be used for paving Franklin Avenue, Main Street hill ,Sharon and Waugaman Street, also a portion of Sohn Road that is located in Aliquippa.. .
City engineer Ron Rizzo and street and road supervisor Alex Scott. were informed that there is also some funding for the project left from the 2019 and 2020 road program
Alex Scott has been working on the street light replacement project on Franklin Avenue, and City Manager Sam Gill reported “It’s looking alot better downtown, the lights are brighter than those that are being replaced..
The county did an assessment remediation with the assistance of an EPA grant for the East End project to remove underground gas tanks and see the conditions before remediation is complete. She said the project is moving forward with BCCED director Laura Rubino’s assistance and Baker Engineering.