Communities
ROSS
The township has received an $865,000 grant to improve the intersection of McKnight and Siebert roads.
“This is the first phase of what, hopefully, will be many” steps to fix the busy and dangerous intersection, Commissioner Steve Korbel said in announcing the grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation at the commissioners’ Monday meeting.
The project, with a total price tag of $1.12 million, will add another turning lane and install a sidewalk the length of Siebert from McKnight Road to Babcock Boulevard. The area of study will be from St. Sebastian Church to McKnight Road.
Commissioner Dan DeMarco said he wanted to make sure that a redesign of the entrance to McKnight-Siebert Shopping Center is included in the project.
In other business, commissioners rejected the bids received for the second phase of Evergreen Park because they came in over budget. Mr. Korbel said he hopes that, by rebidding the project in January, the bids will be lower because contractors won’t be as busy.
The meeting was held in the new public works building on Cemetery Lane and was preceded by tours and a ribbon-cutting.
BALDWIN BOROUGH
Vision Benefits of America Inc. of Pittsburgh has partnered with Vested Interest in K-9s Inc. to provide the borough’s K-9 Officer Ajay with a bullet/stab protective vest.
The vest, provided at no cost to the borough, is valued at a minimum amount of $1,795.
PENN HILLS
Council on Monday unanimously approved a fiveyear $6.6 million capital program for 2016-2021. The plan outlines funding for a number of projects, including the construction of an $11 million municipal building.
In a related matter, council removed an ordinance from the agenda at the start of the meeting for an $11.5 million bond issue to be used for the building.
The capital plan budgets $1 million in 2016 for the purchase of property and the demolition of the former Penn Hebron elementary school along with engineering and design of the new building.
Other features of the proposed capital plan include $1 million allocated to 2016 street improvements and $9.3 million in various sewer system projects.
BETHEL PARK
State Rep. John Maher, R-Upper St. Clair, this month presented the Bethel Park Historical Society a check for $140,000 for renovations to the Schoolhouse Arts and History Center along South Park Road and Park Avenue. The funds come from the Commonwealth Finance Authority.
“This is only to get it started. It doesn’t get it finished,” said Mr. Maher, who encouraged residents and business owners to donate to the renovations of the center.
The center, which is housed in the former Bethel Park High School, built in 1905, is in need of a new roof, windows and heating and air-conditioning unit. The funds presented Oct. 10 are to be used to install HVAC in the first floor of the building.
Information on the historical society can be found on Facebook at https:// www.facebook.com/ Bethel Park Historical Society/.
CORAOPOLIS
A stretch of Route 51 along Fourth and Fifth avenues is being renamed the Fred A. Trello Memorial Boulevard.
An unveiling honoring the former state representative is being led by Mr. Trello’s successor, Rep. Nick Kotik, D-Coraopolis. The event is set for noon Saturday outside the Coraopolis Veterans of Foreign Wars, 412 Mulberry St.
For 28 years, Mr. Trello, a Democrat, served the 45th District, which then included Bridgeville, Carnegie, Coraopolis, Heidelberg, Kennedy, and parts of McKees Rocks, South Fayette and Stowe.
He is noted for his 1995 legislation requiring all bicyclists age 12 and younger to wear safety helmets. He retired in 2002.
The new boulevard will be between Ferree Street and Thorn Run Road.
SCOTT
The public works department, 2600 Old Greentree Road, will sponsor an electronic-waste collection from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 5, and a food drive to benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank during the same hours.
Acceptable e-waste includes televisions, computer monitors, desktop and laptop computers, printers, copiers, scanners, keyboards, speakers, mice, cables, hard drives and miscellaneous components, cell phones, small household appliances, and cell phone and laptop batteries.
Items that will not be accepted include vacuum cleaners, alkaline batteries, wooden speakers, software CDs, floppy disks, paper, fluorescent bulbs, and ink and toner cartridges.
Nonperishable food and laundry and paper products will be accepted for the food bank.