“It is not pretty but it is something that was necessary and part of the reason we did this [add to and upgrade hydrants] and could get funding was because the project was concentrating on replacing any lead within the service lines due to the age of the infrastructure.” “We expected a lot more lead than we ended up with but it was still extremely beneficial for us to replace these water lines, some of which were hundreds of years old,” the Mayor elaborates. The borough has a stormwater project currently under construction which is a first of its kind in Ebensburg. “We don’t have a stormwater system within the borough. This is the first phase. Hopefully, we will do two more phases within the next 15 to 20 years,” he states. Roadworks within the borough also remain top of Growing Together We've had the pleasure of providing architecture, engineering, and construction inspection services to Ebensburg Borough for over years, handling diverse infrastructure projects from streetscapes and stormwater management to community and recreational facilities. transystems.com 800-800-5261 169 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 12 EBENSBURG, PA
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