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Blair Planning has received a $30,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection for initial work on the first ever Blair County-wide stormwater management plan — which is intended to help minimize flooding and stream pollution, while encouraging groundwater recharge. The grant for Phase 1 of the multi-year project will pay to outline the […]
The Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee’s proposed floodplain restoration project for the Beaverdam Branch of the Juniata River could cost as much as $5.9 million, according to the latest estimate by a consulting engineer. That’s higher than the initial estimate of $3.1 million, largely because of the approximately $2 million cost of off-site disposal for 117 cubic […]
The Intergovernmental Stormwater Committee has shrunk its proposed floodplain restoration project for the Beaverdam Branch of the Juniata River by more than 25%, after learning that the project cannot include raising the riverbank and after a family who lives along the river sent a cease-and-desist letter threatening a lawsuit. Previously estimated to cost $3.1 million, […]
After Keller Engineers’ Brian Smith first met with residents of the Lowe’s Island area in Hollidaysburg about a sediment reduction project for the Beaverdam
This is in response to Stan Kotala’s letter concerning the Chimney Rocks clear cutting. As the president of the John Kennedy Chapter of Trout Unlimited, I r