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Established in 2005, the Highspire Borough Roadway Rehabilitation Program is a long-term plan designed to address deteriorating roadway conditions throughout the community. The surfaces of numerous roadways contain potholes, rutting, and cracking; subsurfaces are not built to modern standards; and stormwater facilities are undersized and in some cases, nonexistent. The Borough created this more than…
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To improve the Schuylkill River’s water quality, the Schuylkill Headwaters Association, Inc. (SHA), needed to mitigate the Mary D mine discharge, but the adjacent Mary D Ball Field was the only viable location to create wetlands required for the planned passive abandoned mine drainage treatment system. Determined to improve the area’s waterways but unwilling to…
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The project area in the 900 block of Cherry Street in Palmyra Borough has suffered from sinkholes on a regular basis for more than 50 years. Stormwater naturally drains to the location because of its low elevation, and because of flooding problems, the Borough constructed a stormwater injection well in the late 1960s. For the…
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Railroad Street in the northern section of Palmyra Borough had ongoing flooding issues and required strong stormwater management to provide solutions. However, the Borough needed to secure funding in order to move the project forward. As the Borough Engineer, RETTEW assisted the client in securing Growing Greener Grants for design and construction of the forebay…
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West Penn and Walker Townships required an Act 537 sewage facility plan update. The previous engineering firm for the Townships prepared an update study over the course of four years, but the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) deemed it incomplete. The Townships wanted RETTEW to complete the study, incorporating as much of the…
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection required the Highspire Borough Authority to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant to meet biological nutrient removal requirements as part of Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy. The retrofit project required a difficult and complex construction sequence and had to be completed while the plant remained fully operational and within a short…
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The University Area Joint Authority (UAJA), as part of its ongoing effort to manage water quality in the Spring Creek Watershed, selected RETTEW to implement its program to invest in green infrastructure for the reduction of nutrient-based pollution resulting from non-point sources. Inclusive of urban stormwater and agricultural pollution, UAJA is investing in innovative techniques…
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The client wanted to develop a high-profile office building on a site that had minimal stormwater facilities and a floodplain that covered a quarter of the property. They also needed to preserve a major culvert, which allowed stormwater to pass through the site to the floodplain area. The project required more advanced stormwater facilities, while…
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A commercial developer sought to establish a 460,300-SF retail power center at a highly visible site at the intersection of U.S. Route 30 and Fruitville Pike. While the proximity to popular tourism and existing retail outlets makes this location ideal for generating business, the project team would have to overcome numerous design and approval obstacles…
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High Real Estate Group wanted to establish a power/lifestyle center on an inactive industrial site. Recycling the site would bring new economic growth to the community without additional unwanted sprawl. This new commercial center would provide a one-stop shopping opportunity unlike any other in York County. Situated at U.S. Route 30 and Mount Zion Road,…
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