Amphitheater project, vehicle replacement among Murrysville’s 2023 capital priorities
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Murrysville officials recently laid out roughly $21.5 million in capital improvement plans for the next five years, including construction work on the Logan’s Ferry Road, Heather Highlands and Cal-Ken Court bridges.
More than 70% of the capital improvement funding will go toward road overlay and infrastructure projects, according to finance director Jacie Milchak.
“Some of the priority roads include Wiestertown Road, School Road, Logan’s Ferry Road, Bulltown, Pleasant Valley and Sardis Road between School Road and Mamont Road,” Milchak said.
Murrysville Community Development Coordinator Jim Morrison said municipal staff is working with state legislators to have the Logan’s Ferry bridge project included in the Transportation Improvement Program, which will bring more than $125 million to Westmoreland County for infrastructure projects, including $36 million in improvements to the Route 30 corridor, $40 million for the Laurel Valley Transportation Improvement Project and $50 million for bridge work throughout the county.
Milchak said getting the bridge project into the program could cover up to 95% of the estimated $3 million cost.
“That’s going to be able to support a lot of the big bridge projects we have coming through,” she said.
Work on the Logan’s Ferry bridge is expected to take place in 2024, Milchak said.
In 2023, municipal officials plan to spend about $1.5 million on the road overlay and other major road repairs, use $180,000 to complete a second phase of work on the Meadowbrook Road landslide, replace two police vehicles and two public works dump trucks and construct the amphitheater at Murrysville Community Park along with the attendant restrooms and parking areas.
Capital spending in 2023 is anticipated to be about $3.9 million.
Milchak said council’s decision to bump the municipal share of the earned income tax by 0.2%, as well bumping the real estate transfer tax by 0.5%, has helped create a new revenue source to shore up diminishing returns on property taxes.
“They’ve always been solid numbers, and it’s not likely to go down, with this being a desirable area,” she said.
Murrysville Council President Dayne Dice thanked Milchak and new chief administrator Michael Nestico for their work.
“This really lets you see where we’re at and where we’re going,” Dice said.