Pointing to a new study of the region's sewage systems, advocates and civic officials say relying on ALCOSAN's $2 billion Clean Water Plan will lead to continued issues with untreated waste water
Shane Dunlap | Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a plan to renovate the former Catholic school Bishop Leonard-St. Mary of the Mount Academy into loft apartments. The school is located on Bigham Street on Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh.
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A new parking garage and lab that will allow the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority to meet a 2036 deadline to upgrade its facilities was approved Tuesday by Pittsburgh Planning Commission.
“We are pleased with the commission’s decision and look forward to continuing the path toward realizing the overarching goal of the Clean Water Plan, which is cleaner rivers and streams,” Alcosan spokesman Joey Vallarian said after the meeting.
Amid COVID, Funding Needed to Fix Flooding, Other Problems Our philosophy is that if you are going to kick the can down the road it will end up costing more in the end, said Jan Kowalski, the township s finance director. So we try to avoid doing that with anything infrastructure related because those problems are only going to get worse. by Tony LaRussa, The Tribune-Review, Greensburg / January 20, 2021 TNS
(TNS) - Jan. 19 Despite the financial uncertainties municipalities are facing because of the covid pandemic, communities in the North Hills still plan to spend a significant amount of money this year in the battle to keep stormwater from damaging property and polluting waterways.
The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority faces a challenge as it works to implement a $2 billion plan to upgrade its system by 2036 — and it has nothing to do with sewage. Alcosan’s sprawling complex at its Woods Run treatment plant in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood is squeezed between the Ohio