Aspinwall council is seeking three grants totaling more than $215,000 for townwide upgrades.
They include money for trail improvements at Fireman’s Memorial Park, sewer separation along Western Avenue and work at the Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department garage.
Work at the park in upper Aspinwall will include replacing the current asphalt trail with a wider, wheelchair-friendly walkway, Manager Melissa Lang-O’Malley said.
A grant for $41,000 was submitted to the Allegheny Valley North Council of Governments.
The plan also includes adding two handicapped-accessible spaces to the parking lot.
Bid requests for the work are expected to go out soon. Councilmember Jeff Harris said at last month’s meeting that coal tar will not be used in the project.
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A tree has grown directly in front of of the steps to the porch of a house at 76 Pine Street in Harrison. It is one of nine the township plans to seek bids to tear down.
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Harrison resident Conrad Zylinski, whose own home of 30 years on Spruce Street has survived fires on both sides of it, says this house at 57 Spruce St. is a fire trap that needs to be torn down. It is on a list of nine for which the township will seek bids to demolish.
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A house at
92 Spruce St. is one of three included in a $30,000 demolition contract recently awarded by the Harrison commissioners.
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A duplex at 14-16 Philadelphia Ave. in Harrison is among three houses included in a demolition contract awarded to Minniefield Demolition Services of West Mifflin.
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Neighbors of a burned-out house at 998 Ivanhoe St. in Harrison expressed their frustration with township officials. The house, which burned in December 2016, is one of three expected to be torn down by the end of February.
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Richard Marchese, working for Allen Demolition, tears down a vacant house on Davidson Street in Tarentum on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.
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Tarentum is on the verge of getting the vast majority of the borough’s blighted and abandoned buildings torn down, code enforcement Officer Anthony Bruni said.
Bruni said bids for 16 upcoming demolitions came in under budget, which he said could allow council to seek bids on more properties.
At its meeting Tuesday, council awarded two demolition contracts for the properties totaling $116,300. Eight companies submitted bids for each contract.