The authority is ready to launch one of those soon on lower State Street.
The authority is soliciting bids for the roughly $8 million project, which involves 700 feet of dock wall and the replacement of existing boardwalks along both sides of State Street north of the Bayfront Parkway, from East Front Street to the area near West Bay Drive, just south of Dobbins Landing.
“The replacement walls will be constructed utilizing concrete encased steel H-pile soldier piles and precast concrete lagging panels, and the replacement boardwalk will be constructed utilizing precast concrete deck panels,” according to a legal advertisement that first appeared in the Erie Times-News on Tuesday.
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Study: Single family homes in the city would pay a fee between $12 and $36 per year.
Larger properties in Erie would pay much more, because the $24 billing unit would be multiplied by their square footage
Erie businessman Rick Griffith understands the financial calculus related to long-term infrastructure needs.
That’s why Griffith is not surprised that Erie Mayor Joe Schember’s administration is exploring a new revenue stream that several other municipalities have put in place: a yearly fee assessed on property owners which covers the multimillion-dollar costs related to ongoing stormwater system maintenance and improvements.
The fee which could bring the city $1.6 million a year, according to preliminary estimates would apply to residential and commercial properties regardless of taxable status, which means governments, nonprofits and other owners of properties that are currently tax exempt would pay as well.
Pop Rockets vocalist Rebecca Shaner sees this summer s 8 Great Tuesdays as both validation for her Erie band and a reminder for local music lovers.
She said that being chosen as the headliner for the first ErieBank 8 Great Tuesdays concert of 2021 signifies that The Pop Rockets has made it in our town.
And it also lets the community know that when those big bands aren t around, we re here to entertain you and we have a blast doing it, Shaner said.
The Pop Rockets is one of four local bands, or those from western Pennsylvania, selected as headliners for this year s 8 Great Tuesday concerts, which start next Tuesday and run weekly through Aug. 24 at Liberty Park. The Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority, which puts on the concert series, also chose local bands for all eight opening acts. In 2020, the 8 Great Tuesday concerts were canceled due to COVID-19.
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