Pottstown’s North Hanover Street Opens To Traffic

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POTTSTOWN, PA – After four months of detours, North Hanover Street is open to traffic.

Workers removed barricades, and the road was opened Friday afternoon after the completion of a complicated sewer project.

Public Works Director Doug Yerger said the project, which was supposed to be completed in late June, went over-budget and beyond its schedule because of weather and “unforeseen conditions” underground.

Specifically, the project replaced a sewer main which had to be buried beneath an underground stream which runs beneath that section of Hanover Street between Jefferson Avenue and Fourth Street.

Read more: http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20140811/pottstowns-north-hanover-street-opens-to-traffic

Pottstown To Begin Street Sweeping Tuesday

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POTTSTOWN — Get ready to start moving your cars — the street sweeper is coming.

The borough announced late Friday afternoon that it will begin sweeping Pottstown’s streets starting on Tuesday, Aug. 12, and vehicles left on the roadway on sweeping day will be “ticketed and towed at the owner’s expense.”

Pottstown has been divided up into 10 zones and the sweeping of each zone will take two days, according to information posted on the borough’s website.

On the first day of sweeping, the north and west sides of streets in that zone will be swept.

Read more: http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20140808/pottstown-to-begin-street-sweeping-tuesday

Your Pottstown Tax Dollars At Work

Editor’s Note:  Former Sixth Ward Councilor, Jody Rhoads posted this fine example of the Pottstown Public Works Department’s keen eye for detail when constructing a “curb cut” aka handicapped access ramp.  Imagine trying to get your wheelchair around the poles. Apparently, this didn’t seem like a flawed plan to whomever constructed the ramp? Really?

 

Jody writes “Here is another one where Pottstown’s Public Works wasted you’re money.  What is wrong here?  West St between Charlotte and Evans. Go look at it for yourself.  These are the type of things that need to come out so people can see what Pottstown and its leadership is really all about.  And I’ll bet no one will raise hell at a Council meeting about this! Leadership thinks this is doing a GOOD job?  This one should go VIRAL!”

Feast your eyes on this engineering marvel!  No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke…