Road improvements in Shohola

VERA MORET
Posted 7/19/17

SHOHOLA, PA — Much of the July 13 meeting of the Shohola supervisors meeting held at the municipal building was dominated by the ongoing county issue of road improvements. Several bids were …

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SHOHOLA, PA — Much of the July 13 meeting of the Shohola supervisors meeting held at the municipal building was dominated by the ongoing county issue of road improvements. Several bids were opened and approved and work should begin shortly.

The first bid opened and accepted was to Wayco Inc. construction for the paving of two portions of Little Walker Road in the amount of $127,213.40. The paving of Richardson Road, Shohola’s main thoroughfare, was granted to E.R. Linde Construction Corp. of Bloomberg.

Also awarded to Linde was the contract for the grading and graveling of the remaining portion of Little Walker Road and also Parker’s Glen Road at $30,300 and $30,500 respectively. This project, however, is funded by a grant from Pike County Conservation District that contains vague qualifying phrasing regarding “prevailing wage.” That being the case, the motion was carried with the caveat that the issue of the prevailing wage be clarified and agreed to by both the conservation district and Linde.

Aaron Robinson of the planning board announced that the Department of the Interior has halted funding payments to the Upper Delaware Council (UDC). He said this will not affect the township for several months, but it is a source of concern for the future should this continue beyond several months.

In Parks and Recreation, Diana Blume noted that the pavilion in Rohman’s Park is complete and now holds some valuable equipment. She strongly suggested that it be fitted with alarms, and is currently contacting Verizon regarding that subject. Rohman’s Park also held its first “Movie in the Park” night with great success.

In public comment, Bruce Baker complained that PennDot was working only four-and-a-half hours a day on a culvert project near his home. The board said they have no say over PennDot’s work schedule, but they said they have found this typical of PennDot.

Carrie Thomas complained about the slowness of updates on the township website. Blume explained that the website moves forward as she adds new information, so if no new information is added, the old will remain in view. Thomas said she believes that a new website is needed.

She also confronted Supervisor George Fluhr, saying that he wrote several letters to the Pike County Dispatch making statements regarding resident Shirley Masuo and signed them with his title rather than simply his name. Fluhr declined to comment.

It was also discussed that local food pantries are in need of donations, including, locally, St. Jacobi and St. Ann. There is also a food-donation box available for drop-off donations of non-perishable food items at the municipal building during business hours.

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