Sewer Contract Awarded In North Strabane Township

Supervisors in North Strabane Township held a special meeting to award the contract for storm sewer and sanitary sewer replacements along Oakwood Drive in the Majestic Hills Plan. This is part of the repair project that was necessitated by a landslide that claimed several homes back in 2018. Seven companies bid the project. Bids ranged from $479,620 to $980,550. The bid was awarded to J5 Construction of Eighty Four, PA for the $479,620 figure. Supervisors had estimates of between $715,000 and $855,000 the project and the township’s engineer, Gateway Engineers made extra effort to make sure the bid by J5 Construction was accurate. J5 Construction stood by their bid each time they were asked to confirm numbers. The earliest that construction could begin is late October or very early November. In other township business, preliminary budget workshops began. Township Manager Andrew Walz will work with supervisors over the course of 7 workshops to develop a preliminary budget to be presented in November. Early numbers indicate that no real estate tax increase is anticipated.