North Strabane Changes Brehm Road Designation

North Strabane Supervisors took safety measures into their hands as they voted unanimously to remove the collector street designation from Brehm Road. Ongoing development in the area of Brehm Road caused supervisor Harold Close to move that the designation be removed. He states that the road is not up to collector street standards that the other collector streets in the township are designed with. Close says that his main safety concern is the width of the road. Brehm Road is not as wide as other collector streets and developers cannot be mandated to make improvements to township roads. The township will also enter into an agreement with Washington County to take advantage of their share of federal CARES Act funds. Township Manager Andrew Walz says the township is in line to receive nearly $416,000 in funds. Walz indicates that some of that money will go to reimbursements for salaries and ppe used to protect employees during the pandemic. Improvements to the townships parks will also be considered for improvements to amenities to make them touchless. Walz says he is working on a list of items so they can use every dollar of the money that they have been awarded.