Lower Towamensing Township Supervisors approved several of the 12 items on their agenda Tuesday night, among them line painting on the roads.

Guidemark Inc. in Souderton submitted a proposal for the work saying they could paint the double yellow lines down the center of the streets and white lines on the road edges for 8 cents per square foot for 15 to 20 miles.

Supervisor Ron Walbert said he would like to see lines eventually painted on all of the roads in the township, but there are about 30 miles of roads. For now, the project would cost about $8,448 for 20 miles.

Greg Haas, a township engineer with Carbon Engineering in Summit Hill, told the supervisors that this time of the year can pose some weather problems for line painting. The roads have to be dry. In the fall in wooded areas, the roads tend to be damp in the morning.

He said the work crews will need to be told to wait to do the work until the conditions are right.

In addition to dry roads, the air temperature needs to be between 50 degrees and 90 degrees, and wind speeds below 20 mph.

“I’m fine with doing it now or holding off until next year,” Walbert said.

The supervisors discussed the conditions and decided to move to accept Guidemark’s proposal and have the lines painted per the needed weather conditions. Some of the roads to be painted are Dairy Road and Maple Drive.

Fuel storage

The supervisors also heard plans for a fuel tank storage and containment area. Haas explained his drawings for a spill containment area for the new fuel tanks.

He said that taking into consideration insurance and the requirements set by the Pennsylvania Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act, the containment area has to be 100 feet from property lines and 50 feet from the nearest building.

He selected a spot at the back of the township’s property in the vicinity of the larger of two storage sheds.

Haas suggested using existing concrete blocks owned by the township to create a U-shaped area. The area would also be lined to keep spills from seeping through and into the nearby stream about 30 feet away. The fuel tanks are going to be double lined, so the potential of leakage is greatly reduced.

The downfall of the area is that it lies within a flood plain, but its position is restricted by plans for a potential cellphone tower 100 feet away.

“Is it fair to say that it’s not possible to keep it out of the flood plain?” township solicitor James Nanovic asked.

Haas said that since the structures that are there and the proposed area is for the cellphone tower, that spot fits all of the distance requirements. The only thing he could do is move the area 20 feet closer to the municipal building to get it further away from the creek.

The supervisors liked that idea and passed a motion allowing Haas to provide a design of the system to the building code official. The work should begin sometime in November and will take only a few days to complete.

In other business

The supervisors approved:

• Scheduling trick-or-treating for 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 28.

• Keeping the petty cash account only long enough to use up remaining funds for fuel. It will be closed once the new fuel tanks are installed.

• A donation of $20,000 to the Aquashicola Fire Company for paving for their parking lot.

• Purchasing a new direct drive stainless steel cinder spreader for $2,775.

• Hiring Glenn D. Sheckler Electrical in Palmerton to install two wall pack lights at Stoney Ridge Park and Recreation Center, and having the township electrician install a photo cell over the front door to the recreation center.