Pipe and manhole installation will follow in this area with the goal of completion in January. The blasting is scheduled for the end of September through October. All of the blasting will be conducted in accordance with PA state laws. The preparation will include blasting and hammering rock if necessary.
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Next crews will move back onto Yerkes Island and work upstream toward Collegeville preparing to install pipe and manholes. Work will continue upstream from there onto Pfizer’s property. They will be working in that area clearing the Arcola Island (upstream from the bridge) and installing silt fence over the next several weeks. They will be using the former Stiefel Property, now LPVRSA property, next to the Arcola Road Bridge on Cider Mill Road. Allan Myers, the construction company awarded the bid, will be conducting some excavation work in these areas for test digging.
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Clearing work includes removing trees and brush plus installation of silt fence. The clearing crew is currently working in Lower Providence from Yerkes Road to Waterfall Circle. Land clearing and silt fence has been 100% installed from Collegeville to Yerkes Island and completed on Yerkes Island. A new access being used is in Lower Providence Township at the dead end of Yerkes Road. and in Upper Providence in the Yerkes area near Hopwood Road on RTE 29. Click here for background and detailed description of the project.Ĭurrently, construction accesses which are complete and will continue to see some construction traffic are located in Collegeville at First Ave/Chestnut Street Ext.
Questions or concerns about the project should be directed to the LPVRSA Manager Michael McGann, (610) 676-9040. The project is the final component of the plan to expand the Perkiomen Creek Interceptor. The Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority (LPVRSA) has begun its Middle Interceptor Project. Lower Perkiomen Valley Regional Sewer Authority Middle Interceptor Project Questions on the project should be directed to Nathan Parrish, P.E., Consultant Project Manager, at presentation materials and are below: In Lower Providence Township, the Ridge Pike and Germantown Pike intersection will be eliminated and a new alignment tying Germantown Pike into Ridge Pike further east of the current intersection will be created.Ī presentation on the proposed project, previously known as the Perkiomen Creek Crossing Project, was made at the Board of Supervisors meeting. The re-alignment of Route 29 (1st Avenue) in Collegeville was completed with the Royal Farms development. Under this project, PennDOT will realign and reconfigure roadways and intersections on either side of the bridge. PennDOT is in the design process for a project in Lower Providence Township that is part of a plan to improve travel and safety on both sides of the bridge carrying Ridge Pike over the Perkiomen Creek into Collegeville Borough. PennDOT Ridge Pike & Germantown Pike Intersection Re-Alignment Project