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The Harford Township Supervisors marched through the printed agenda in orderly fashion at their August meeting on the 13th, finishing up in little more than a half hour with an executive session to discuss the township’s “labor force.” All of the “New Business” concerned natural gas activities, including a request for a 6-month noise ordinance waiver next year for a new well pad on the Reuss farm on Route 547 east of the Interstate.

The biggest activity, however, will be atop a hill to the west of Tingley Lake where the Williams company will build a compressor station adjacent to the DeLucia well pad. The project will take about a year beginning next month and encompass parts of the Miller, DeLucia and Diaz properties, 28.2 acres in all. The Supervisors were scheduled to meet with the company’s representatives on August 14. Supervisor Garry Foltz said that his main concern is the roads the company plans to use. According to the company’s planning documents, they will use a route from U.S. 11 up Stevens Road, Grinnell Road and Miller Road to the mile-long driveway that leads to the DeLucia pad. The township wants to ensure that the roads will be suitably maintained, considering the volume and weight of truck traffic that can be expected.

After achieving quorum, President Michele Giangrieco called the meeting to order at 7:03pm. A resident was on hand to ask for assistance with the water on Main Street creating what has been termed “Wetlands” after the floods. It seems that drainage pipes in the area are either blocked or knocked out of alignment and leaking creating this situation. The resident noted his frustration and begged the Council for help. The Council noted that as it has to do with private property there is little that they can do, but they agreed to send a letter to the DEP to see about why the lands were designated as “Wetlands”.

Tony from the Progress Authority was present to see if anyone had any questions at this time regarding the Old Foundry Property or the Keystone Opportunity Zone. He briefly recapped the information as to what the Keystone Opportunity Zone is for. He noted that the Old Foundry site is currently under contract, and that having the site as a KOZ will bring in more jobs. Another resident inquired as to how many jobs this might bring into the area. Tony noted that he did not have that information right there, but that he would look in to the question and get an answer.

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