Newtown Submits Act 537 Plan to DEP

The Act 537 Plan was submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection for approval.

The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to submit the Act 537 Plan to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at Monday's meeting. The township's plan will now seek DEP approval and then go on to the design phase. Supervisor Chairman Joseph Catania thanked township staff and Township Manager Michael Trio who spent a lot time getting to this point. "Hopefully it won't be too long before we get to the design phase and get some shovels in the ground," Catania said. The proposed plan timeline would include design of the system within six to nine months of plan approval, immediately followed by applications for permits, followed by the bidding process and the process of securing financing, …

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Act 537 Special Meeting Set for Monday Night

Action is expected to be taken at Monday night's special Newtown Township meeting.

NEWTOWN SQUARE–Newtown Township officials will be hold a special meeting on Monday at 6:30 p.m. for the township's Act 537 sewage facilities plan.  According to Township Manager Mike Trio, the meeting will be held in the Marple Newtown School Board Room, located in the second floor of the Marple Newtown School District Administrative Building, due to a conflict with the Newtown Public Library Book Sale on Feb. 4 as well. "Personnel will be on location to direct the public," stated Trio in an email. Newtown Township supervisors will be present at the special meeting for discussion on the township's Act 537 Plan and action is expected to be taken on the updated plan, according to Trio. The Municipal Authority meeting scheduled for Monday has…

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Newtown Act 537 Plan Available For Public View

Newtown Township's Act 537 Sanitary Sewer Facilities Plan is now available for public inspection until Nov. 16.

NEWTOWN SQUARE–The long-awaited Newtown Township Act 537 Sanitary Sewer Facilities Plan is now available for public inspection at the municipal building and the Newtown Public Library until Nov. 16.  Two copies of the 2,000-page plan will be available at the municipal building and one copy at the library. The document includes the plan in its entirety as well as residents' surveys and responses. Residents may be able to purchase a copy of the plan, in which a cost price was not determined at last Tuesday's supervisors meeting. Mark Kay, a resident on Excalibur Drive, asked the supervisors at the meeting whether the plan would be available online in which Supervisor John Nawn stated that it was not determined if the township's website had …

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Newtown Submits New Plan of Study for Act 537 to State

A new plan of study for the Act 537 Plan was submitted on Jan. 4 to the Department of Environmental Protection.

NEWTOWN SQUARE–Mike Trio, Newtown Township manager, provided the Board of Supervisors with a brief update on the status of the town's Act 537 Plan–the township's official sewage facilities plan–at a meeting on Jan. 23. "The township's Act 537 Planning Team have been conducting weekly meetings to track and expedite the Act 537 Plan resubmittal process," informed Trio to the supervisors on Monday night. In August of last year, the supervisors hired James MacCombie of MacCombie Engineering Services to review the final draft of the Act 537 Plan as a third-party engineer to "help address the extensive public comment and give the township an unbiased review of the plan prepared by Kelly & Close Engineers," stated Trio at a previous meeting. …

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