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To be determined

Luzerne County

When the coal industry was thriving, the region had a dense network of rail lines that served the mines and numerous ancillary industries. However, the rail transportation network severely declined since 1970, due mostly to the shrinkage of coal production, to bankruptcies among the regional rail carriers, and to the development of major interstate highway corridors. Business leaders and those who market the area to new industries agree that revitalization of the rail system is needed to enhance existing industries and to expand the range of industries that can locate to the area and boost the economy. To that end, an inventory must be made to assess existing rail users and corridors, as well as potential sites onto which industries needing rail can locate. That inventory, done on a Geographic Information System, will provide an important marketing tool for local economic development organizations.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Howard J. Grossman, Executive Director, EDCNP; Telephone (570) 655-5581; or Robert Connolly, Executive Director, Luzerne County Rail Authority; Telephone (570) 655-3376

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$ 3,410,000

$1,410,000

Lackawanna County

The Laurel Line Tunnel (also know as the Crown Avenue Tunnel) was constructed by the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad through a subsidiary, the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit Company in 1904. The cost of construction for the 4,750-foot long tunnel was $1,249,000, and construction was completed in 1905 with formal acceptance by the L&WV on January 31, 1907. The tunnel consisted of two sections totaling 750-feet lined with masonry, a section 2,700-feet long lined with timber, and the center unlined section of 1,300-feet through solid rock. Two air shafts with concrete lining were installed at a cost of $87,00. The trackage was a gauntlet (one track inside another for movements without switching) system with controlling interior dimensions of a width of 17-feet and height of 22-feet on a 1% grade. Traffic control protection for trains was provided by an electric staff system. Rehabilitation of the Tunnel is the second phase of a multi-phased project to place approximately 5.5 miles (28,800 feet) of track into service. The first phase of electrification and track work for 1.55 miles is currently underway at a cost of over $1,500,000. This project for the tunnel rehabilitation will entail the removal of the rail, ties and railbed in the tunnel with replacement of all components after a re-grading and installation of a drainage system. The work will include installation of overhead electric (DC) power system for trolley propulsion along with lighting and emergency systems. Although the original Laurel Line System received power from an electrified third rail with limited overhead power, the overall project from Steamtown Rail Yard to the County Visitors Center will utilize an overhead electric system and the trackage through the tunnel will be a single track system.

Federal Highway Administration, PA DCNR, Federal Railway Administration

Harry Lindsay, Executive Director, Lackawanna County Regional Planning Commission; Telephone (570) 963-6826

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$1,000,000

Luzerne County

The current underground infrastructure designed to handle storm water and sanitary sewer flows have reached capacity, and this situation is now jeopardizing future development in and around the above municipalities. Each of the above municipalities have developed or are developing utility infrastructure without comprehensive planning for the impact of downstream or other adversely effected municipalities. A study must be conducted to properly assess the existing problem and then a plan devised to resolve today's problems, while allowing for growth. Current and future development in Wilkes-Barre Township is and will be adversely impacting Wilkes-Barre City and other municipalities. Several important economic development initiatives are threatened due to the lack of comprehensive planning and resolution of this basic infrastructure issue.

Bob Krehely, Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority; Telephone (570) 822-7244

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$ 1,200,000

$150,000 (in-kind)

Aylesworth Dam, Lackawanna County

An increasing number of visitors and tourists to Lackawanna County utilize camper vans, motor homes, or travel trailers. With a growing tourist economy and its location at the junctions of Interstates 81, 84, 380, and 476 and US Routes 6 and 11, the volume of RV traffic has grown appreciably during the past 10 years. There is no RV facility in the metropolitan Scranton area. The closest sites are thirty-plus miles distant. The Boroughs of Archbald and Jermyn operate a park authority at Aylesworth Dam, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers managed recreation and flood control dam on a tributary of the Lackawanna River in the Mid Valley between Scranton and Carbondale, immediately adjacent to an exit off Route 6, the Lackawanna Valley Industrial Highway. The Authority proposes to construct and operate a RV camp/service facility at Aylesworth Dam. The Authority is seeking funding for capital improvements to construct the RV facility, to install utilities, and to improve road access to the site with directional signage from a nearby exit of the Lackawanna Valley Industrial Highway (U.S. Route 6). The operation of the RV facility is projected to provide revenue to the Authority. This revenue will support further operation and improvements to recreational amenities at the site, which include swimming, fishing, picnic areas, and hiking trails.

PA DCNR Community Parks, Community Development Block Grant funds from HUD

Carl Pffienberger, Chairman, Aylesworth Park Authority; Telephone (570) 342-7711; Bernard McGurl, Executive Director, Lackawanna River Corridor Association; Telephone (570) 347-6311

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To be determined

$1,000,000 (in-kind real estate)

Throop, Dickson City, and Olyphant Boroughs, Lackawanna County

The Olyphant and Eddy Creek Collieries of the former Hudson Coal are located on the east and west banks of the Lackawanna River in the Boroughs of Olyphant, Dickson City and Throop. These abandoned mine sites have been partially reclaimed. Portions of the site are owned by Carrier Coal Company which is interested in a mixed commercial-residential development. Other parcels are owned by the PA Department of Environmental Protection. Funding is needed for road and utility infrastructure and additional mine reclamation and river buffer zone reclamation. Portions of the site may be impacted by a flood control levee being developed by the Corps of Engineers upstream of the site in Olyphant.

To be determined

Bernard McGurl, Executive Director, Lackawanna River Corridor Association; Telephone (570) 347-6311; Frederick Spott, Spott Engineering; Telephone (570) 383-9568

$400,000

Riverside Borough, Northumberland County

This proposal seeks to purchase a boat and trailer, along with a vehicle for rapid response to areas not readily accessible by road. Approximately eight miles of the Susquehanna River where the D & H Railroad has tracks are not accessible by vehicle. Rail traffic by Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern is expected to increase by 600%. The location of the Southside Fire Company No. 1 allows access to the river and would allow the company to assist any other departments which share the river, including those in Montour and Columbia Counties. The project would also build a new fire station to house fire fighting equipment and to provide office space for a command center, meeting and training rooms. The current building would be renovated with separate funding for community accessibility to provide a public meeting area for Riverside area citizens.

Todd Oberdorf, President, Southside Fire Company No.1; Telephone (570) 275-4644

$4,000,000

Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County

This project includes design and construction of a water main extension and appurtenances in the Route 89- Oaklyn and Hamilton areas of the Township. The new water main would provide approximately 400 users with an adequate quantity of water which is not available from wells. The urgently-needed project would also provide for limited growth and economic development.

Rural Development Administration

John Bakowicz, PE, Township Engineer, Municipal Authority Engineer; Telephone (570) 286-8167

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$8,200,000

Danville, Montour County

Danville Borough owns and operates a water and wastewater treatment facility. Both facilities serve Danville Borough, Mahoning Township, Riverside Borough, and parts of Cooper Township. Both facilities are operating at or close to their capacity. Danville proposes expanding both the water treatment plant and the wastewater treatment plant to allow the following improvements:

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Community Development Block Grant funds from HUD, Rural Development Administration.

Tom Graham, Danville Borough Secretary; Telephone (570) 275-3091

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$120,000

$26,000 (Keystone Recreational Grant), $27,000 (Danville Area School District), $8,750 (Danville Borough). ($58,250 shortfall)

Danville, Montour County

Danville Borough and the Danville Area School District built a six-court tennis facility in 1972. Since then, the Borough and District have shared in the operation and maintenance of the facility. The facility has reached the end of its useful life and is in need of a total rehabilitation.

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Keystone Grant funds, Community Development Block Grant funds from HUD

Tom Graham, Danville Borough Secretary; Telephone (570) 275-3091

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$155,000

$50,000 (U.S. Soccer Association), $35,000 (Danville Borough). ($70,000 shortfall)

Danville, Montour County

Danville Borough intends to lease a twenty-two acre site adjacent to the Susquehanna River to the Danville Area Community Center. In turn, the Center intends to build a soccer complex on the site. The leasehold was necessary so that the Center could secure a grant from the U.S. Soccer Association. With over 1,200 children playing soccer and over 700 children playing baseball/softball, there has always been a struggle to allocate adequate field time. The new complex is expected to open in the fall of 1999 but the Borough of Danville feels that the current budget is inadequate to build the facility.

Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Keystone Grant fund, Community Development Block Grant funds from HUD

Tom Graham, Danville Borough Secretary; Telephone (570) 275-3091

less than $20,000 in materials

Danville, Montour County

The Danville Town Council approved the construction of a covered bridge on the abandoned railroad bridge that spans Mahoning Creek on Route 54. The existing bridge is a menace to the many children and adults that walk, run, and bicycle the trail from Danville to Mausdale, due to the many missing ties and the decrepit condition. Many volunteers have stepped forward to offer their service and materials for the bridge construction. Remaining items are needed: nails, metal roofing, paint, and some lumber. The covered bridge would provide safe access for hikers and bikers to cross the creek. It would also enable kids to fish off from the bridge safely and would attract tourists with its excellent visibility from highway Route 54.

Bob Cameron; Telephone (570) 275-8999