CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Supervisors are still communicating with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on a plan to create a sewage system and treatment plant to serve hundreds of residents of the township.

The township has been working on a sewage plan to comply with State Act 537, which requires certain municipalities to have a public sewage system, but in late October the supervisors decided to revamp the plan.

Supervisor Chairman Terry Steinheiser said at a Wednesday meeting that after hearing comments from many residents against the project for its cost and environmental impact, the supervisors are working to create a plan that will be more feasible for the township and its denizens.

He said input from the residents has been integral in forming a plan to comply with the DEP in a way favorable for residents.

“We have not met up with the DEP yet,” he said. “I’m glad you are looking into it, seeing what we can do to go back to them and say, ‘Look, we haven’t dropped it; we just have a better idea.’”

A plan proposed by the township sewer authority came with an estimated price tag of $29 million, with a $3,800 estimated tap-in fee per household. The project would be installed along Route 68, and residents feared the amount of construction required to install the system would wreak havoc on the natural landscape of the township.

The supervisors are attempting to scale back the project to make a plan focused on the vital components of Act 537. Supervisor Ricky Kradel said representatives of the DEP may want further updates even after presented with the supervisors’ current proposals.

“We’re looking at a reduced scope right now,” Kradel said. “They will be back to gather more from the township. This is just going to be a Band-Aid.”