MANCHESTER – Residents and officials are concerned over flooding issues in the Pine Lake Park section of the township.
The area’s poor drainage issues were brought up by Mayor Robert Hudak who said he knows first hand how bad it can be because he lives in that area.
The mayor said, “Manchester Township has recognized that we have significant flooding concerns in the Pine Lake Park section of town and we have set in motion actions in order to alleviate these issues. Back on November 16, 2020, while I was a member of the Township Council, we adopted Ordinance #20-036 appropriating funds in the amount of $701,000 in order to make corrective repairs to alleviate these drainage issues.”
“In addition, if this project were to run over that amount, the Township has made plans to use additional funding sources to ensure this issue is fully addressed and completed. Once this Ordinance was adopted, our Special Projects Engineer, Center State Engineering, was instructed to investigate and design several drainage fixes for the flooding issues we were facing,” the mayor said.
Recently, Center State Engineering provided design plans and bid specs to install several drainage improvements at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Champlain Street; FourthAvenue between Beacon Street and Cumberland Boulevard; First Avenue to Southampton Boulevard; and then down Second Avenue to Pemberton Street.
The plans also include the intersection of Hannibal Street and Second Avenue, and lastly on Second Avenue between Morningside and Gladstone Street.
Mayor Hudak said his office instructed the Department of Public Works along with Center State Engineering, to go out to bid in order to select a contractor to perform this work. The goal is to award the project at the Township Council’s first meeting in October, on the twelfth.
The mayor added that his administration will continue “to work with our professionals to address other drainage concerns in Pine Lake Park”
He said, “If other areas of concern are found, we will develop additional plans to address these issues and work with the Township Council to secure funding in order to complete those additional projects.”
