Borough Considering CDBG Application for West Fourth Street

Completion of a Community Development Block Grant project on Sixth Street is on hiatus until temperatures get warmer.

A road improvement project on Sixth Street in the borough is on hiatus until proper temperatures come around to pave the roadway. The borough may also apply for a Community Development Block Grant for road improvements on West Fourth Street between Broad and Walnut streets, according to public works director Jake Ziegler. Ziegler said new applications are due by April 1. The motion to approve the application is expected to be before council Wednesday evening. “Last year, we had a project, and we didn’t qualify for the income level,” he said. “We hit a dead end, unfortunately.” The CDBG program states that all assisted projects must comply with one of three national objectives for the program: The project principally benefits low- and …