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HUGHESVILLE -- A request to close Race Street from Third Street to the intersection of routes 405 and 220 during the fourth stage of a construction project at that intersection was approved by borough council at its meeting Monday night.
Representatives of Wolf Township, where part of the street is located, alsowere at the meeting and gave their approval to the request, which was made by Nick Siegl, project manager from Gannett Fleming.
The closing of that portion of Race Street will begin in March 2019 and run until September or October of that year, according to Siegl.
The engineering group made the request in order to simplify the traffic flow during construction. Provisions will be made to make the buildings along that section of the street accessible to firefighters in case of a fire.
The first stage of the project will begin in July this year when the contract will be let, Siegl said, followed by demolition of buildings from September through November or December.
In other business, council gave an update on a meeting that was held earlier this month dealing with erosion of the bank along Muncy Creek in the area of Race Street on the water authority's wellhouse property.
One outcome of the meeting, which was attended by representatives from the borough, Wolf Township, the Lycoming County Conservation District and the state Department of Environmental Protection, was that the county has agreed to take the lead on finding a solution to the problem.
According to council President Walter Reed, the county hire an engineer to do a study of the stream bank. The study then will be used to seek grants to do the work needed to rectify the problem.
The county will fill out the grant applications because they have the expertise, Mayor Richard Smith said.
An issue with the state Department of Transportation snowplows throwing snow and ice on the sidewalks on Main Street has been addressed, according to council. The issue had been brought up at a meeting earlier this month.
Council approved a request from borough police Chief Rod Smith to purchase two used computers for use in the borough's police vehicles, at a total cost of $150. Council approved the purchase on the condition that the computers are compatible with a state program that is being implemented to switch police departments over to a paperless ticket system.
The next council meeting will be at 7 p.m. March 12 at the borough building, 147 S. Fifth St.