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On track for revitalization
City Council learned Monday night that state and county officials have pledged their assistance to the long-awaited Third Avenue Train Station project.
Specially, PennDOT has pledged funding for a series of design charrette meetings that will help the city and county work out the details of the project.
What are your thoughts about this project?
Specially, PennDOT has pledged funding for a series of design charrette meetings that will help the city and county work out the details of the project.
What are your thoughts about this project?
posted by Danielle Lynch at
3:06 PM
8 Comments:
The newly proposed increase by Pennsylvania American Water will certainly slow revitalization. A notice dated April 23, 2010 just arrived stating that I should expect my water bill to be increased by over 300% starting in June. There is absolutely nothing a resident can do, except not use water.
They need to clean-up the area of drug addicts and criminals before anyone will be willing to wait for a train at that location. Then again, there are a lot of dish washing jobs in Phila that Coatesville people could do.
There is plenty you can do . Go to the PUC complaint website, print the official complaint form and send it back. I'll bet if 10,000 of us did that we would wack that rate increase down. Feel free to e-mail them and you'll get a nice response like below .
Thank you for your feeback. Our rate request centers on the need to help recover the capital investment that Pennsylvania American Water makes to maintain and upgrade its wastewater treatment plant, collection system, pumping stations, etc. This investment helps ensure that your wastewater system meets current and future EPA regulatory requirements. The primary reason for this significant rate request is that we have invested approximately $57.7 million for a major upgrade and expansion of the Coatesville wastewater treatment plant, as well as collection system improvements. It's important to note that the upgrades were required to resolve environmental issues that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection had identified in a Consent Order dated November 30, 2005, pertaining to projected sewer capacity overloads at the old plant, which dated back to 1932.
I understand your concerns, and thank you again for sharing these comments.
Regards,
Terry M. Maenza
Director, Communications & External Affairs
Pennsylvania American Water
610-670-7789 ext. 123 (office)
610-849-6484 (cell)
610-741-0090 (fax)
terry.maenza@amwater.com
the water increase is criminal in my opinion... it screams of a monopoly because they know our arms are tied - there is no other competition or other company to turn to. They should have budgeted this into their expenses - it's also screaming of lack of proper management. It's going to affect all of our home values and the revitalization.
'slow revitalization'?
what revitalization?
Whats with all the hatered towards Coatesville "TRYING" to come out the slumps. Coatesville city government was in a state of confusion, councilmen fighting with each other. A city manager that made poor hiring pratices. We should start calling "OUR" city "Crabville" for the way that live crabs act in a basket and how crabby folks act and talk about our city. Yeah, there is a problem with drugs in our city but it's a heck of alot better now then it was a few years ago.
Here is my plan for Coatesvilles revitalization. First, start revising the codes and ordinances. They are old and need to be updated and no grandfathering any structures other then those with historical importance; in those cases upgrades will be needed if it's going to be used a residentual dwelling. Second, put a moratorium on any and all existing store fronts and apartments in the downtown district until the codes get updated. Our downtown it a awful, if the owners of these buildings would update these apartments and store fronts, make one floor lofts instead of 3 one or two bedroom apartments; they might get more high end clients. Third, the empty building on N.1st and Diamond St. tear it down and make a parking lot, not a parking garage yet. Fourth, create a Coatesville Parking Authority and start a live stop program. No tags, no insurance, no licence...no ride. By creating this Authority it will pay for itself and employ tow truck drivers, parking and lot attendants. There is 10 positions there to start.
I have more ideas for our city.
They've got one of the original PA Water guys right back in the saddle now. With a Public Relations/Personal assistant informing the public about what?
No animal control officer in place, meters not working, a sorry channel 66, a non updated website. What are they doing all day playing canasta? Still shreadding papers? Oh, and the meters don't work on main street either. They've been flashing near the esteemed Cultural Society for at least a month. Pennies make dollars my Momma used to say.
This slow coast until the next city manager is selected is getting to be a bit much. Big companies bring in interns when they need help to get the job done and the intern gets the much needed experience. Dare say we get a listing of programs for city youth on a website, they do exist, or are we planning another soiree for the big wigs to take some more money from the tax payers?
If we can't get a parking meter working what are we on track for? Y'all plan to send us little folk to work on the main line again as domestics? Won't work this time.
I think that you have talked about it long enough. Plans have been made, so start the project. I use the train station to visit Family and friends in Philly. It would be nice to have a newer, cleaner station. It would be even better if Speta would bring the R5 line back into Coatesville.
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