Timberville Improvement Projects Slated
Posted: February 9, 2013
TIMBERVILLE — Work on several improvement projects, including extensive work on Church Street and the addition of a new water tank, is planned for Timberville this year.
Construction will soon begin on sidewalks and water and sewer lines. The contractor has begun installing the work zone signage for the project, but ground has not yet been broken, Town Manager Austin Garber said.
Blackwell Engineering out of Harrisonburg has been hired to oversee the work.
The project includes well over 2,000 feet of water line on Main and Church streets, 1,700 to 1,800 feet of water line on Church Street between Main and High streets, and a stretch of sidewalk on Church Street in the same area.
“The interior there is so old, everything needs to be upgraded,” Garber said.
Town Council held a special session Jan. 22 to meet with Pennoni Associates Inc., a Philadelphia-based engineering firm, about a project that will improve water pressure and flow throughout Timberville, Garber said.
“I think the council got all the answers they were looking for,” Garber said.
The project will include a new water tank placed above an existing tank on a hill near Va. 42 north of town.
“It gives us the elevation we need to equalize the system better with the other tank outside of town,” Garber said.
Council discussed three new water lines that would create loops in the system, also to balance water pressure and flow, he said.
While the Church Street project and the water tank are definitely getting done, the other projects will have to wait on funding.
At its Jan. 10 meeting, council agreed to obtain a loan from Farmer’s Merchant Bank in Timberville. The town will be charged about 1.9 percent interest on the two-year, $1.5 million loan.
After the two priority projects are finished, the council will examine how much, if any, funds are left from the building loan, Garber said.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to get one or hopefully two out of it,” he said. “It’s hard to tell right now.”
The next step for the tank and looping projects will be for Pennoni to adjust report formats so Timberville can apply for a U.S. Department of Agriculture loan.
The USDA loan would absorb the building loan after two years. It could be continued for up to 40 years at 2.75 percent interest annually.
Contact Alex Rohr at 574-6293 or arohr@dnronline.com
Construction will soon begin on sidewalks and water and sewer lines. The contractor has begun installing the work zone signage for the project, but ground has not yet been broken, Town Manager Austin Garber said.
Blackwell Engineering out of Harrisonburg has been hired to oversee the work.
The project includes well over 2,000 feet of water line on Main and Church streets, 1,700 to 1,800 feet of water line on Church Street between Main and High streets, and a stretch of sidewalk on Church Street in the same area.
“The interior there is so old, everything needs to be upgraded,” Garber said.
Town Council held a special session Jan. 22 to meet with Pennoni Associates Inc., a Philadelphia-based engineering firm, about a project that will improve water pressure and flow throughout Timberville, Garber said.
“I think the council got all the answers they were looking for,” Garber said.
The project will include a new water tank placed above an existing tank on a hill near Va. 42 north of town.
“It gives us the elevation we need to equalize the system better with the other tank outside of town,” Garber said.
Council discussed three new water lines that would create loops in the system, also to balance water pressure and flow, he said.
While the Church Street project and the water tank are definitely getting done, the other projects will have to wait on funding.
At its Jan. 10 meeting, council agreed to obtain a loan from Farmer’s Merchant Bank in Timberville. The town will be charged about 1.9 percent interest on the two-year, $1.5 million loan.
After the two priority projects are finished, the council will examine how much, if any, funds are left from the building loan, Garber said.
“Hopefully, we’ll be able to get one or hopefully two out of it,” he said. “It’s hard to tell right now.”
The next step for the tank and looping projects will be for Pennoni to adjust report formats so Timberville can apply for a U.S. Department of Agriculture loan.
The USDA loan would absorb the building loan after two years. It could be continued for up to 40 years at 2.75 percent interest annually.
Contact Alex Rohr at 574-6293 or arohr@dnronline.com