LEWISBURG -- For those who have been waiting for the Third and Market streets intersection to reopen to traffic, the wait is almost over, the construction project engineer said Tuesday night.
"We had hoped that the Third Street intersection would be open this Thursday," Steven Beattie, of HRG Inc., Lewisburg, told the Borough Council Tuesday night.
"Unfortunately, we ran into some issues with storm drains that had been installed by PennDOT. We'll start patching up the road by the end of this week, and my hope is that sometime next week, the intersection will open."
As soon as Third Street opens, however, Fourth Street will close, he said.
He then discussed the Seventh Street closure.
"Things will get worse before they get better," Mr. Beattie said.
For now, Seventh Street is closed between Market and St. Louis streets, with through-traffic permitted on St. Louis.
"At some point, however, we are going to have to close that intersection to traffic in all directions, for about seven to 10 days," Mr. Beattie said.
"That will be an inconvenience, I know, but it's only temporary. Drivers are just going to have to find other ways to get around."
When the work between Market and St. Louis is done, construction will move down the road.
Borough manager Chad N. Smith asked the council to approve a subservient agreement contract, engaging the services of the Lewisburg Neighborhood Corp. to hire, manage and supervise an Elm Street manager to lead the development and revitalization of the Bull Run neighborhood.
The manager's position will be funded largely by a $100,000 Department of Community and Economic Development New Communities Grant, which was awarded to Lewisburg.
The borough is obligated to add an additional 10 percent matching funds to the grant.
Under terms of the agreement, not more than $50,000 of the grant money may be used in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to fund daily operations of the Elm Street program. The money will be used for salaries and administration.
The contract, which was initially presented to the council at a Sept. 11 work session, went through a week of revisions before Mr. Smith re-submitted it for a vote.
Later in the meeting, Paul and Pamela Mauger, residents of South Fourth Street, addressed the council about excessive noise in Hufnagle Park.
"Increasingly," Mrs. Mauger said, "religious groups are using the park, preaching and playing music so loudly that it can be heard in my home on Fourth Street. Their playing of music is loud enough to force neighbors to go inside their homes and close windows on afternoons and evenings."
Paul Mauger said he understood concerns of First Amendment rights, "But do these rights preclude my right to sit in my backyard, forced to listen to something I feel is offensive, but cannot turn off? Why not permit these groups to use a park facility not in the center of a residential area?"
Borough solicitor Andrew D. Lyons explained that "for nonprofit groups like these, we can't control where people meet. We're talking about equal protection under the law. If there were safety issues involved, it might be possible to move groups to Wolfe Field. But that hasn't been the case so far."
Council member Trey J. Casimir suggested that they consider re-writing the permit language to address issues such as noise levels.
Eagle Scout John Boggs was given a certificate of appreciation in recognition of his project to renovate the Wolfe Field dugout. He replaced shingles, boards and painted the dugouts.
Near the end of the meeting, the council went into executive session to discuss uniformed contract negotiations.
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