(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
Whether it’s for the sake of construction or the sake of celebration, road travel in New Brighton is going to become different from the usual.
The reason for this is the approval of several different resolutions by the New Brighton Borough Council at their regular meeting on March 15. Neither the General Government Committee nor the Public Safety Committee had any new business for the meeting, so the entirety of resolutions stemmed from two departments: Public Works & Sanitation and Recreation & Community Life. The only other matter was the paying of bills at an amount of $307,379.39.
On the Public Works side, the board approved a one-year contract extension for Valley Waste Services for refuse and recycling in the borough through 2024 with a 8.02% fee increase. The board also approved for a 2023 road paving project that will pave one travel lane for portions of the following streets:
- Valley Avenue
- 19th Street
- Grove Avenue
- 7th Street
- 18th Avenue
- Thorn Street
- 19th Avenue
The paving will be done by Youngblood Paving in cooperation with Columbia Gas, with an estimated cost of $140,000.
Two more resolutions regarding Public Works were approved by the board: a storm sewer project for Route 65 that will replace 32 storm water inlets at a cost of $759,557 from 5th Avenue to the Daugherty Township line, and a sidewalk project for 5th Avenue that will replace hazardous sections at a cost of $171,830.50.
On the Recreation side, the requests for road closures for two events were unanimously approved: The Beaver County BBQ & Brews Fest on June 3, and a “boutique crawl” presented by Honeybee Boutique on June 10. The board also approved a sponsorship for Virginia Carver’s induction into the Beaver County Sports Hall Of Fame, as well as a donation of $100 to the Little Lions club. The original donation was to be $50, but a suggestion from Vice President John Ramer to increase the donation was agreed upon by the council.
The next meeting for the Borough Council is scheduled for April 20 at 7:00 PM.