Paving Around Ogden Avenue Postponed Until Spring

BENSALEM, PA — After troubles with the storm drainage project there, the repaving of Ogden Avenue in Bensalem has been postponed until the spring, officials said Monday.

Mayor Joseph DiGirolamo said in a social media post that the drainage project "has encountered several unforeseen obstacles." Workers need to give the site time to settle over the winter and repaving of the roadway will be scheduled for next spring, DiGirolamo said.

"As always, we thank you for your patience as we complete this very worthwhile project," he said.

Residents of the area were sent a letter with similar information last week. In an Oct. 11 letter they also received, project manager Thomas Hanna said the work ran into a conflict because of a PECO gas pipe in the area where the new storm sewer was supposed to go. Contractors are working with PECO to get the pipe moved, he said in the letter.

According to Hanna's letter, work that remains to be completed on the project includes:

• Lawn restoration from E. Bensalem Avenue. to Beverly Avenue
• Relocating the PECO gas main
• Storm sewer installation from Clovernook Avenue to E. Bensalem Avenue
• Sanitary sewer replacement between Clovernook and School Lane
• Concrete curbing, driveway and lawn restoration and paving from Clovernook to E. Bensalem
• Paving on Clovernook Avenue
• Grading of the new athletic field and wetland basin, seeding and landscaping and installation of a walking path at Cornwells Elementary School

According to Hanna, PECO will be conducting tests over the next two weeks, then schedule the relocation of the gas pipe.

"I know this has been a source of frustration that the work on Ogden is not yet complete, but please understand we are working to expedite this portion of the work as quickly as possible," he wrote. "However, PECO's availability to complete the work will dictate the schedule."

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