The township doesn't have the money to demolish the old building.
By MARY GRZEBIENIAK
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Union Township supervisors are sending a letter asking Gov. Ed Rendell to help find the funds needed to demolish an old Marine barracks.
The dilapidated building is on the New Castle Airport Authority property on Airport Road in the township. Airport Authority members have said they don't have the $150,000 to $200,000 needed to tear it down.
Supervisor Clair Damon said that real estate sales people also report having a hard time selling the new Glen Arbor condominiums across the street from the airport because of the building's appearance.
In a letter to the governor, supervisors note they have been working for more than 12 years to get the building demolished. They point out that while the airport authority has received over $1 million in recent years for obstruction removal, none of the money awarded was designated for the barracks.
They say that the township doesn't have the money to tear down the building and that because the airport is county property, the county or the airport authority should pay for the demolition.
Copies of the letter were sent to U.S. Sen. Robert Casey, U.S. Rep. Jason Altmeyer, state Sen. Gerald LaValle and State. Rep. Chris Sainato, as well as county commissioners and the airport authority.
According to Jim Hunt, a longtime resident, the barracks was built in the late 1940s by resident Findley Wilson who then sold it to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marines remodeled the building and used it through the Vietnam War era. The building has been vacant since the Marines left New Castle 15 to 18 years ago.
Other action
In other business at their meeting Wednesday, supervisors:
Approved a contract to buy cold patch from Hileman Pavement Specialties, Sarver, Pa., at a cost of $51.70 per ton delivered and $43.95 if picked up.
Reported sending a letter to Leo Golba of Leo Golba Construction congratulating him on the announcement that the Butler Community College campus will be built on his property in the township and offering to assist him in any way they can.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
The township doesn't have the money to demolish the old building.
By MARY GRZEBIENIAK
VINDICATOR CORRESPONDENT
NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Union Township supervisors are sending a letter asking Gov. Ed Rendell to help find the funds needed to demolish an old Marine barracks.
The dilapidated building is on the New Castle Airport Authority property on Airport Road in the township. Airport Authority members have said they don't have the $150,000 to $200,000 needed to tear it down.
Supervisor Clair Damon said that real estate sales people also report having a hard time selling the new Glen Arbor condominiums across the street from the airport because of the building's appearance.
In a letter to the governor, supervisors note they have been working for more than 12 years to get the building demolished. They point out that while the airport authority has received over $1 million in recent years for obstruction removal, none of the money awarded was designated for the barracks.
They say that the township doesn't have the money to tear down the building and that because the airport is county property, the county or the airport authority should pay for the demolition.
Copies of the letter were sent to U.S. Sen. Robert Casey, U.S. Rep. Jason Altmeyer, state Sen. Gerald LaValle and State. Rep. Chris Sainato, as well as county commissioners and the airport authority.
According to Jim Hunt, a longtime resident, the barracks was built in the late 1940s by resident Findley Wilson who then sold it to the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marines remodeled the building and used it through the Vietnam War era. The building has been vacant since the Marines left New Castle 15 to 18 years ago.
Other action
In other business at their meeting Wednesday, supervisors:
Approved a contract to buy cold patch from Hileman Pavement Specialties, Sarver, Pa., at a cost of $51.70 per ton delivered and $43.95 if picked up.
Reported sending a letter to Leo Golba of Leo Golba Construction congratulating him on the announcement that the Butler Community College campus will be built on his property in the township and offering to assist him in any way they can.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Union Township supervisors are sending a letter asking Gov. Ed Rendell to help find the funds needed to demolish an old...
