2017 Mercer County Hazard Mitigation Plan - Municipal Project Opportunities Mitigation Measures Community Municipality Project Name Description of Problem to be Hazard Mitigated Total Cost Rank Project Description Solved Delaware Pre-Multi Mitigation n/a n/a Township Plan Remove tree limbs and trees that Electrical/utility have a tendency to cause power Trim trees to prevent outages, utility Farrell City 1 Utility $5,000.00 outage prevention outages and downed utility lines line repairs and traffic hazards during storms Install new wiring and upgrading to Traffic Signal Traffic signal outages due to blubs Farrell City 3 LED lights in traffic signals to Traffic $25,000.00 Upgrades burning out and wiring malfunctions prevent outages and constant repair Catch basin and Flash flooding throughout Install new/upgraded catch basins Farrell City 4 storm line Flooding $90,000.00 municipality and storm lines to prevent flooding replacement Demolition of Removal of deteriorated, collapsed Deteriorated, collapsed and fire Farrell City 4 scattered site and fire hazard buildings throughout Utility $250,000.00 hazards throughout municipality buildings municipality Emergency back Fredonia To keep water well pumps running Install a natural gas emergency 4 up generator for Utility $53,273.00 Borough when electric is out generator water pumps French Creek Culvert Deter road deterioration- provide 2 Replace existing metal culverts Traffic $5,000.00 Township Replacements safe roadways French Creek Tree/Limb Remove Tree/Limb overhang on 2 Yearly we select most severe areas Traffic $8,000.00 Township Trimming road that restrict safe transport Deer creek is eroding creek bank Requires D.E.P. involvement due to French Creek 4 Lower Creek Road edging very close to road surface- water access. Requires material to Traffic n/a Township threating roadway prevent future road damage Excavation of railroad bed is Culvert under unused railway grade required to replace culvert with Murphy Road T- is unable to permit heavy downpore something much larger. Railroad is Greene 4 480 and PR runoff to pass through resulting in no longer used. Rails, ties, and Flooding $10,000.00 Township Culvert roadway flooding in depths up to two ballast have been removed. An feet and 200 ft in length. active natural gas line is buried in this railroad R.O.W. The area of Lancaster Avenue and The Borough would like to study and Lebanon Avenue flood several times install sediment control measures Greenville Flood Control on a year. We believe it is due to the all n/a along Saul and Mathay Runs. Tis Flooding $1,500,000.00 Borough Saul Run of the sediment that has collected in will require extensive engineering Saul and Mathay Runs and does not and construction work. allow the water to flow adequately. The current weather warning siren The Borough would like to install a is located on top of the Borough of weather siren system that would Greenville's Municipal Building. The alert all Borough residents and Multi Municipal building sits in one of the lowest Greenville potentially the neighboring n/a Weather Warning spots in the Borough. It is roughly Utility $500,000.00 Borough municipality residents of impending System 25+ years old. The siren cannot be sever weather. It would be great to heard on the East side of town, on include the 2 surrounding the Thiel College Campus, and at municipalities in this project. the top of West Main hill. Page 1 of 8 Mitigation Measures Community Municipality Project Name Description of Problem to be Hazard Mitigated Total Cost Rank Project Description Solved The Municipal Building that houses the Administrative Offices, the Greenville Police Department, and the Greenville Lock-up. The current emergency generator only powers a few outlets and lights in the entire The current emergency generator building, The Lock-up and Police need to be replaced with a current Municipal Building Department would be without power model that is capable of operating Greenville n/a Emergency along with most of the admin most of the building. This building is Utility $200,000.00 Borough Generator offices. It would be very difficult to listed as the alternate emergency operate in an emergency situation. operations center in our emergency As of June 16th, 2017 the current operation plan. generator does not power any circuits in the municipal building. Due to in proper wiring connections, it had to be disconnected from the circuits. Hire a professional engineer to During heavy rain events, the city perform a detailed survey of the stormwater system becomes Grove City Ward 4 city's existing storm sewer system 1 inundated causing water to flood Flooding $100,000.00 Borough Stormwater Study and a hydraulic study to determine basements, ponding on streets and what master plan improvements causes erosion. could help reduce this problem During heavy rain events, inflow and infiltration from an aged storm water Construction of a sanitary sewer Ward 3 Sanitary system inundates the sanitary relief from the Hillcrest Sanitary lift Grove City 2 Sewer sewers and backs up into residents station to a point on the existing Flooding $1,200,000.00 Borough Improvement basements. This allows fecal matter sanitary sewer that has adequate to enter the home creating an capacity. unsanitary condition. Leaf debris in the fall of the year Acquire a vacuum that will better clog street catchboging and storm clear leaf debris from streets and Grove City Leaf Collection sewers causing flooding. Current 3 can also be used to vacuum leaf Utility $175,000.00 Borough Vacuum practice is to scoop leaves into a debris out of catchboging to prevent truck then transport to a compost flooding. facility for recycling. The power lines in this area are overhead in a narrow utility right-of- Washington Blvd way through backyard areas Build underground power lines in Grove City 4 Powerline surrounded by mature oak and pine this area to improve reliability and Electricity $1,750,000.00 Borough Replacement trees. Heavy snow and strong winds prevent power outages. often cause tree limbs to fall resulting in power outages. Hempfield Hambung Road Flash flooding of Hambung Road Replace culvert with Polyethylene n/a Flooding $4,478.50 Township Flood Prevention causing road closure 36th Smooth Wall Pipe Hempfield Salem Road Flood Culvert pipe collapsed in need of Replace culvert pipe with new 48" n/a Flooding $7,475.00 Township Prevention replacement due to flooding Pipe Hempfield Purchase high water signs to post n/a Signage Update road signage flooding Flooding $1,382.00 Township during flash flooding events Page 2 of 8 Mitigation Measures Community Municipality Project Name Description of Problem to be Hazard Mitigated Total Cost Rank Project Description Solved The City of Hermitage requested CT Consultants to complete a Watershed Analysis of this area and to make recommendations and estimates to resolve the flooding this Location is a residential area which area has experience. The proposed Scott Drive Storm receives overland storm water flow project consists of the replacement Water from the south. This storm water Hermitage City n/a of existing storm water facilities and Flooding $680,981.00 Improvement does impact several residential the installation of additional new Project dwelling with storm water which facilities. The proposed project floods the development. includes the installation of approximately 3,000 lineal feet of storm sewer of varying diameters and the installation of 19 storm water catch basins. The City of Hermitage requested CT Consultants to complete a Watershed Analysis of this area and to make recommendations and Location is a residential area which estimates to resolve the flooding this receives overland storm water flow area has experience. The proposed from the north and from points Pine Hollow improvements consist primarily of south. This storm water does impact Boulevard Storm the construction of one new storm Hermitage City n/a a trailer park which is located at the Flooding $1,035,795.00 Water water detention basin, the headwaters of Pine Run. The trailer Improvement installation of approximately 2,700 park does experience flooding and lineal feet of various diameter storm has complained to the City of sewer and 13 catch basins. The Hermitage about the flooding. proposed project if intended to eliminate localized flood conditions and contribute to the reduction of downstream flood conditions. Jackson North Cottage Deteriorating cement culvert causing Remove old culvert and debris and 1 Flooding $6,500.00 Township Road Culvert backup replace with new oval culvert. Sediment has filled in the stream Jackson Hosack Road causing it to run close to the Dredge creek and reroute the creek 2 $10,000.00 Township Stream roadway causing stream bank and stabilize stream bank. erosion Sewer Plant and Installation of emergency generators Jackson Center Lift Station Plant inoperable during power n/a at main sewer treatment plant and Utility $60,000.00 Borough Emergency outages two lift stations Generators Deep burn mowing and tree cut Tree and brush cut back to open back, all the above roads are roadsurface in winter months to help connected and in one area. Cut with ice and snow melt as well as back tree limbs on both sides. Deep Lake Township remove over grown limbs that are a burn mowing to eliminate new Lake Township 3 Utility $20,000.00 Tree Cut Back hazard during rain and storm growth for greater visibility. Tree and season cutting them back out of limb removal is a constant issue over hangs and power lines. This is during rain and storm season. The a seasonal problem. overhang is an issue for ice and snow melt. Construction of a stormwater During periods of significant rainfall collection and detention system to the runoff beings on Strawberry North Pitt Street control the rate of runoff in this area.