Township News
News from Salisbury Township.
PROPOSAL FOR: Lindberg Park Secondary Pathways and Groundcover Restoration Project
BID ADVERTISEMENT
Salisbury Township will receive sealed bids for the construction of the Lindberg Park Secondary Pathways and Groundcover Restoration Project, until 2:00 PM (Prevailing Time) on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at the Salisbury Township Municipal Building, 2900 South Pike Avenue, Allentown, PA 18103, at which time all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. All bids must be in triplicate, sealed, marked and addressed as follows:
TOWNSHIP OF SALISBURY
2900 South Pike Avenue
Allentown, PA 18103
PROPOSAL FOR: Lindberg Park Secondary Pathways
and Groundcover Restoration Project
This project involves, but is not limited to: installation of 6-8′ wide pervious pathways, using bituminous asphalt or an alternate, Flexi-Pave as manufactured by KBI Inc., benches, bicycle racks and signs, transition of a lawn area to a meadow, and restoration of bare densely shaded areas of by air tilling amending the soil and seeding with a native groundcover seed.
Contract documents, Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on file at the Salisbury Township Municipal Building, 2900 South Pike Avenue, Allentown, PA., 18103 and at URDC, 28 West Broad Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018, 610-865-0701 where they may be inspected between 8:30am-4:30 p.m., Mon-Fri. Electronic copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained from URDC, for a nonrefundable charge of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars per set, payable to Urban Research & Development Corp.
A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Township Municipal Building, followed by a visit to the site for those interested.
Bid security in the form of a certified check or bank draft, payable to “Salisbury Township”, cash or a satisfactory Bid Bond executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to Ten (10%) Percent of the bid amount shall be submitted with each bid. This is a Prevailing Wage Job.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish and pay for the Performance Bond, the Labor and Material Payment Bond and the Maintenance Bond. The Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Salisbury Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities or irregularities in the bidding when, in the opinion of the Township, such rejections or waivers shall be to its interest or advantage. Prior to awarding the Contract, Bids may be held by the Township for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of Bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the Bids and investigating the qualifications of the Bidders.
ADV: 3/9/16; 3/16/16; 3/23/16
Cathy Bonaskiewich
Acting Township Manager/Asst. Secretary
Township Job Openings
Salisbury Township has openings for the following positions:
- PT FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR
- PT SUMMER PLAYGROUND COUNSELORS
Volunteers Needed for Statewide Cleanup, Beautification Effort
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation (PennDOT) and Environmental Protection (DEP) are seeking volunteers for this year’s Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania that begins March 1 and runs through May 31.
The cleanup is sponsored each year by PennDOT, DEP, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and other partners. Groups participating in PennDOT’s Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) program, which involves volunteers cleaning roadsides year round, are also encouraged to participate in the cleanup.
“Pennsylvania is a beautiful state, and it’s imperative that we work together to keep it that way,” PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards said. “I urge individuals to join the thousands of volunteers in their communities to participate in the cleanup this year to keep Pennsylvania not only esthetically beautiful, but environmentally safe.”
Interested individuals can find a listing of cleanup events, resources for organizing a cleanup, and other information about the effort online at www.gacofpa.org. Groups interested in adopting a section of highway are encouraged to contact their local PennDOT County Maintenance office and ask for the AAH coordinator, or visit www.penndot.gov under “About us.” Groups interested in adopting a locally maintained road, contact Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, www.keeppabeautiful.org under “Keep It.”
“In addition to litter pick-up events, volunteers also organize recycling events for hard to dispose of items, helping to reduce illegal dumping that threatens public health and damages the environment,” DEP Secretary John Quigley said. “Volunteers can also take part by planting bulbs and trees that not only beautify our green spaces but helps to prevent run off pollution to our waterways.”
Also as part of this year’s cleanup, the PA Route 6 Alliance encourages residents near the Route 6 Heritage Corridor to register at www.gacofpa.org for their “Route 6 Round-up” beautification efforts.
During last year’s Great American Cleanup, 6 million pounds of litter was collected from Pennsylvania’s roads, trails and shorelines by more than 128,000 volunteers. PennDOT’s AAH program contributed nearly 71,000 volunteers who cleaned up nearly 40 percent of the collected litter on 8,757 miles of cleaned-up roadway.
Through PennDOT’s AAH program, volunteers collect litter on a two-mile section of state highway at least two times a year. The program currently has over 6,000 participating groups, more than 111,000 volunteers and 13,973 miles of adopted state-maintained roadways.
Gloves, trash bags and safety vests are provided by PennDOT, DEP, and the GLAD Products Company, a national sponsor of Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup. In addition, during “Pick it Up PA Days” from April 16 to May 9, registered events have access to reduced or free disposal at participating landfills sponsored by PA DEP and the Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association.
MEDIA CONTACT: Jan Huzvar, 717-783-8800, PennDOT
Susan Rickens, 717- 787-1323, DEP
Easter Egg Hunt
Salisbury Recreation Advisory Committee is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt for children ages 3-10 on March 19, 10am at Lindberg Park.