TimesLeader.com

LAKE TOWNSHIP

Resurfacing work provides smooth ride

By EILEN GODIN Dallas Post Correspondent

Lake Township supervisors awarded a road resurfacing bid, announced a new meeting schedule and new hours for the township secretary at their meeting Wednesday night.

A smoother ride will be the outcome of road work on a mile and a half stretch of Loyalville Road. To help conserve expenses, township road crews are repairing the road base and preparing the road for paving.

Supervisors received four sealed bids for resurfacing of the road. Bids were received from: Popple Construction Inc., Lalfin, $137,822.50; American Asphalt, Shavertown, $134,740; Pikes Creek Site Contractors, Sweet Valley, $129,660.15; and Slusser Brothers, Pittston, $129,514.88.

Supervisors unanimously awarded the bid to Slusser Brothers and work will begin next month.

Chairman Lonnie Piatt said the expense to have the township road crew preparing the road for paving was budgeted. The cost of resurfacing the road will be covered through funds from the Community Development Grant and through State Aide for Highway Resurfacing.

Bids will be opened next month for work to Wesley Road and Bear Hollow Road.

Trying to make the township more accessible to the public, new hours were announced for the township office which will now be open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays.

The supervisors’ monthly meeting date has been changed from the third Thursday of the month to the second Wednesday of the month until the end of the year, Piatt said. The next monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.14, in the municipal building.

In other news …

• Piatt urged residents to take advantage of Luzerne County Used Tire Recycling Program from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.10, at the Hanover Area Junior Senior High School in Hanover Township.

Tires being collected include those from automobiles, motorcycles, pick-up trucks and SUVs. Tires cannot be cut or removed from the rims and must be clean of liquids and heavy mud.

For more information, township residents can call the Luzerne County Solid Waste Management Department at 331-7049.