North Cornwall Township’s new Dairy Road Pump Station set for May launch

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The newly constructed Dairy Road Pump Station replacement is nearly completed and set for a May 5 start-up, North Cornwall Township supervisors heard at their April 21 meeting.

The full switch-up of stations, and the shutdown of the old station, is planned for May 25.

The Dairy Road Pump Station funnels wastewater from North Cornwall Township, Cornwall Borough, West Cornwall Township, and Cleona Borough 2,100 feet to the City of Lebanon Authority. North Cornwall will bear around half the cost for the project (costs totaling $5,049,263.00 so far and budgeted for $5.5 million), with around $1 million in grant funds to be split between contributing municipalities.

The old pump station, originally designed in 1972, can handle up to 4 million gallons per day, but recent analysis determined that the station needs to be able to handle up to 7 million gallons per day, necessitating its replacement.

The only remaining work on the project, township manager Justin Thompson said, is the demolition of the old station, paving, fencing, site restoration, and final utility tie-ins, which should be completed by mid-summer.

For the pump station project, supervisors unanimously agreed Tuesday to make a $14,701.25 payment to JEV Construction (one of the last payments for the project) and a $132,165 payment to Garden Spot Electric.

In other news, supervisors:

• Unanimously agreed to reject a bid for a manhole and conduit installation project that came in $60,000 over budget, and advertise a revised version of the project using battery power instead of permanent electric.
• Heard reports from Neversink Fire Company and Lebanon County Regional Police.
• Unanimously approved a $58,822 reduction of financial security for North Cornwall Commons lot 26.
• Unanimously approved a time extension for the Heritage Run Land development plan.
• Unanimously approved a HOP Indemnification Agreement for 1710 Quentin Road.
• Heard that a free paper shredding event is planned at the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority on June 26.
• Unanimously approved minutes of their April 7 meeting.

North Cornwall supervisors meet the first and third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Meetings are open to the public and do not require prior registration.