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Peters Consultants, Inc. was awarded a series of design projects for the Borough of Berwick utilizing liquid fuel grants and CDBG grants, to upgrade and improve many of the Borough’s streets. A total of 44 streets were selected for improvements over the last 10 years.

The work consisted of the milling of existing pavement, installing a sub-base and wearing course, installing handicap ramps and curbing at each intersection, installing concrete curbing, adjusting manholes and inlets, base reconstruction, lawn restoration, roadway shoulder installation, correcting of grading and drainage problems on adjacent streets, and the installation of storm water inlets and piping.

The purpose of the project was to create a more attractive entrance to the Berwick Central Business district and to provide a more pedestrian friendly access to and from the lot. The ramp and railing system installed provide handicap access and improved pedestrian access from the lot to Front Street.   Streetlights provide better lighting for pedestrians walking during the later hours, and the lights are ornamental.

The visual effects of this project are an improved view for drivers entering Berwick via Route 93 as well as for drivers on Front Street and pedestrians in the central downtown business area. The new lights, the street clock, benches, and planting improved the view of this entrance to Berwick and gives a favorable impression of the Berwick community.

Blue Ridge Real Estate Company owns and leases investment properties in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Company owns 30,000 acres of land located in Pocono Mountains. The entire lands are held as investment property. Income is derived from these lands through leases, selective timbering by others, land sales, condominium development, sales and other dispositions.

Peters Consultants has provided this developer with a variety of engineering, surveying, and land development services during the past 6 years. These include aerial, topographic, ALTA, boundary, GPS surveying services, environmental subdivision design, NPDES permits, sanitary/stormwater detention basins and the planned residential development (PRD) of 83 units at Laurel Woods.

This project involved major changes to the I-80 off-ramp, east bound and on ramp, east bound, at the Buckhorn Mall in Hemlock Township, PA as well as extreme site development.

Our services included traffic signal relocation and major intersection adjustment with Route 42/I-80 to serve the proposed 200-acre commercial mall site. All design was approved by PENNDOT and the Federal Highway Administration.

In addition, Peters Consultants was also responsible for the site surveying, engineering, and surveying services, including boundary, topographic, and ALTA surveys, and a Phase I Environmental Assessment for the developer, Zamias Services of Johnstown, PA.

The Oak Street Sanitary Sewer and Storm Water Separation Project designed by Peters Consultants, Inc is now underway between Susquehanna Avenue and Third Street in Berwick Borough. The project is being completed by the Berwick Area Joint Sewer Authority as the first phase of an approximate 20 million dollar project to separate combined sanitary/storm water throughout the Borough.

The Oak Street project consists of installation of 5 foot diameter concrete storm water piping and manholes approximately 18 feet deep and is being constructed by G and M Crawford, Inc. at a construction cost of $ 900,000 and is partially funded by the EPA and PA DEP Clean Water Grant.