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Cameron Road repairs extended

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Motorists who use Cameron Road in South Strabane Township will have to continue to find an alternate route for about a month as repairs to a slide continue.

Township manager John Stickle said the road, which runs between East Beau Street and Route 19, is expected to reopen in mid-February, a month and a half later than initially projected, because officials were forced to shift the location of a retaining wall they are installing as part of the $219,155 project.

The road was closed Dec. 1, and work was expected to wrap up at the end of December.

“It’s a situation where after excavating for replacement of the retaining wall, there was unsuitable material (soil) at the original location,” Stickle said.

Stickle said engineers revised the design and moved the retaining wall about 30 feet.

Stickle said the additional engineering is expected to boost the cost of the project, but the amount hasn’t been determined.

“We anticipate there will be additional costs,” Stickle said.

“We don’t know what they will be. It is important the project be done correctly.”

Stickle said that in 2014 cracks began to develop in the portion of Cameron Road near the top, where it intersects with Route 136/East Beau.

The township initially applied asphalt to the crack.

“It cracked again, and we put down more asphalt,” Stickle said.

An engineering study was conducted in October 2014, after which plans were made to excavate the area and install a retaining wall, Stickle said. Township supervisors last October voted to award the construction contract to Redstone Excavating of Brownsville.

Stickle said detour signs are posted.

Residents can keep updated on the status of the road by going to the township website at www.southstrabane.com.

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