The Recreation Board Needs YOU!!!
If you have been wondering how to get involved in the Township, the Recreation Board is looking to fill a vacant term. The Recreation Board does so many great things for our community…Movies in the Park, Concerts at the Amphitheater, Community Days, Trick or Treat Trail. These wonderful activities also require a lot of volunteer help. If you have questions, or would just like to observe a bit, the monthly meetings would be a great place to start. In the winter months, the meetings are held in the Township Building on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Trade Up
Building the Future
Trade Up offers credentials and skills that lead to family-sustaining wages.
A new collaboration with Builders Guild of Pennsylvania and Literacy Pittsburgh offers adults without a high school diploma a chance to earn that credential and seamlessly transition to the Introduction to the Construction Trades pre-apprenticeship course. Those who successfully complete both programs are guaranteed entry into an apprenticeship in the construction industry.
The construction industry in the 12-county southwestern Pennsylvania region is facing an unprecedented labor market shortage. At the present there are nearly 52,000 construction jobs, with a projected growth rate of 9.2% over the next 10 years. At the same time, 30 to 35 percent of current tradespeople are expected to retire over the next few years.
To learn more about this new collaboration, visit tradeupittsburgh.org
Freedom Road Upgrade Project
This project is located from approximately 1.5 miles east of S.R. 65 starting at (TWP Road 606), Park Quarry Road to S.R. 989. The scope of work consists of roadway reconstruction, widening and realignment of the roadway, two culvert replacements, new shoulders, guide rail updates, drainage improvements, additional turn lanes, and utility relocations. This project will also construct a roundabout at the S.R. 989 and S.R. 2004 intersection. The anticipated schedule for this project is a contract bidding in late spring/early summer of 2021, with construction to occur from mid-summer 2021 through the spring of 2024.
The project will be constructed under multiple detours, single-lane restrictions, lane narrowing, and alternating traffic during different stages of construction. Once a contract is executed, the contractor is required to complete their specific schedule and more information will be available at that time as to when the detours will occur.
