Cranberry supervisors set to authorize bids for Brush Creek Treatment Plant upgrades
Cranberry Township Supervisors are preparing to move forward with significant upgrades to the Brush Creek Sewage Treatment Plant.
At an upcoming Feb. 6 meeting, supervisors will be asked to consider an authorization to bid out the Solids Handling Project for plumbing, HVAC and electrical contractors.
The estimated cost is expected to be around $35 million.
However, officials secured a $5 million grant through the Environmental Protection Agency and $1.75 million from the H2O PA Act, which provides multiyear grants to assist with the construction of drinking water, sanitary sewer and storm sewer projects, according to the state’s website.
Additionally, the township is set to receive about $6.3 million from the Marshall Township Municipal Sanitary Authority as part of an intermunicipal service agreement.
The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, better known as PennVEST, will provide the rest of the funding as a low interest loan of 1% for the first five years and 1.74% from years 6-20.
While the construction timeline is still unclear, officials anticipate the project to begin sometime this year.
“We are hoping that we receive bids here early in spring in the first quarter of this year and then begin construction this year,” said township manager Dan Santoro. “It’ll be a multiyear construction project, so it’s probably at least two years of construction we would anticipate.”
Supervisors will also be asked for authorization to bid a 1-year service contract with the option for additional years for the hauling and disposing of biosolids, grit and screening that come from the facility.
