The Dunbar Industrial Park project can move forward after Fay-Penn Economic Development Corp. approves the final agreement with Dunbar Township Supervisors.
On Thursday, supervisors approved the agreement, which will be sent to Fay-Penn.
Township solicitor Tim Witt said the Dunbar Industrial Park will be constructed off Route 119 by Fay-Penn Economic Development Corp.
In February, supervisors adopted a resolution that paved the way for sewage expansion at the Dunbar Industrial Park.
Plans call for the township to expand sewage lines, build roads and prepare the infrastructure for the industrial park.
The sewage project, which is expected to cost an estimated $5 million, is a joint project that will involve both Dunbar Borough and Dunbar Township.
That project will be funded through various grants.
In addition to expanding sewers to the new industrial park, Supervisor John Tabaj said, the project includes the expansion of the Dunbar Borough sewage system. Plans call for expanding sewage lines along Highway Supply Road, Eighty Acres Road and the Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport. Kenny Martray, with Widmer Engineering, said Thursday the sewage-line expansion project will make its way up Route 119 around the area of the Fayette County Fairgrounds and Rural King at the Laurel Mall once the weather breaks.
Tabaj said Fay-Penn Economic Development Corp. is constructing the industrial park and building the roads that will be required to support the development.
Witt said that when Fay- Penn approves the agreement, the project can move forward.
In other business, supervisors
• Heard from representatives from JLE Industries, which is a five-year-old transportation logistics company that is putting more than $2 million into the former ICMI Ink Tone building. Officials said the company is expected to grow from its current 35 employees to 100 employees by the end of the summer. .
• Received an update from Widmer Engineering on Phase 3 of the sewer project being completed along Route 119. Widmer officials said crews are boring under the roadway.
• Said they would investigate purchasing a new backhoe through the state's Costar Program because the township's 22-year-old backhoe is having transmission problems.
• Announced spring cleanup for only Advanced Disposal customers will be May 7.
• Heard from Dunbar Township Tax Collector Marigrace Butella, who said anyone who did not receive real estate tax forms or have issues with the Postal Service can get the necessary forms at her office.
Mark Hofmann is a staff writer with Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-626-3539 or mhofmann@tribweb.com.
