Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Special Meeting of Borough Council Wednesday
There will be a special meeting of Borough Council Wednesday to discuss the ongoing matter of the 2nd Street sidewalk project at 7:00PM at 338 Main Street, McSherrystown, PA (regular scheduled council meeting follows at 7:30PM).
Other matters on road conditions may also be brought up at this meeting, however the focus is on the project last year where PennDOT and it's contractors, in the opinion of council and residents, failed to install sidewalks to the Borough Code, which had been provided to PennDOT in the contract.
PennDOT has admitted an error in not passing on the Code to the contractor, and the contractor has admitted not following PennDOT's own soecifications for installing sidewalks, that expansion joints (the sidewalk lines that allow for expansion of the sidewalk with weather) were not installed according to Borough Code nor PennDOT specifications. The Borough has also pointed out that the sidewalks have a finish rougher than the Borough Code allows, and that one property in particular has sidewalk that was allowed to be rained on during installation. PennDOT disputes that the finish is unacceptable, saying that other sidewalks recently installed are of similar texture.
The Borough has previously demanded comlete replacement of the faulty sidewalks at no cost, to which PennDOT at a meeting on the 2nd has cited as economic waste. PennDOT has proposed cutting expansion joints into the sidewalk and using a substance used with bridges to remedy the expansion join faults. PennDOT is open to replacing the rained on sidewalk, if faulty, and proposes no remedy to the rough surface. PennDOT is open to proposals on what would be an appropriate deal on the final bill.
This meeting is to gather the public's opinion about this situation.
Other matters on road conditions may also be brought up at this meeting, however the focus is on the project last year where PennDOT and it's contractors, in the opinion of council and residents, failed to install sidewalks to the Borough Code, which had been provided to PennDOT in the contract.
PennDOT has admitted an error in not passing on the Code to the contractor, and the contractor has admitted not following PennDOT's own soecifications for installing sidewalks, that expansion joints (the sidewalk lines that allow for expansion of the sidewalk with weather) were not installed according to Borough Code nor PennDOT specifications. The Borough has also pointed out that the sidewalks have a finish rougher than the Borough Code allows, and that one property in particular has sidewalk that was allowed to be rained on during installation. PennDOT disputes that the finish is unacceptable, saying that other sidewalks recently installed are of similar texture.
The Borough has previously demanded comlete replacement of the faulty sidewalks at no cost, to which PennDOT at a meeting on the 2nd has cited as economic waste. PennDOT has proposed cutting expansion joints into the sidewalk and using a substance used with bridges to remedy the expansion join faults. PennDOT is open to replacing the rained on sidewalk, if faulty, and proposes no remedy to the rough surface. PennDOT is open to proposals on what would be an appropriate deal on the final bill.
This meeting is to gather the public's opinion about this situation.
