In December, Maria Walker addressed the Penn Forest Township Supervisors telling them of a dear friend of hers, Richard Biscardi, who had died in a fatal one-car crash along the curve where Behrens Road meets Midway Road in the township.

Allison Carter and her husband, Bruce, who live along that stretch of road, recounted not only Biscardi's horrific crash but many other crasheson that same curve.At Monday evening's supervisor's meeting Allison Carter was present thanking the board for the response to their request for action."Maria couldn't be here tonight," Carter said. "But we want to thank you for your quick response. We are so happy to see that something is being done."Chairman Warren Reiner said PPL has a work order in to install two street lamps along the road in that area."We were told that the work should be done in about two weeks," Reiner said. "We have also posted new speed limit signs, and we just received a series of reflective arrow signs that will be placed along the curve."Carter asked if there was any consideration being put into a guardrail as well."The slope along the road there isn't steep enough for the placement of a guardrail," supervisor Scott Lignore said.Recreation parkBIA project engineer Greg Pavlick produced the revised plans for the second phase of the park located along Route 903.Last summer the township put the original plan out for bid and was stunned by the nearly $2.1 million quote received from the one and only bidder, Papillon & Moyer.The revised design includes keeping almost all of the topsoil at the park. Only 279 cubic yards of soil will be removed under the new plan. Pavlick believes that this change alone could net almost $1 million in savings.The board approved the new plan and agreed to the following schedule for bidding:• Construction documents will be available for review by Monday;• Pre-bid meeting will be held at 2

p.m.Feb. 18.• Requests for information will be due byFeb. 29;• Bids are due by 3

p.m.March 7, before the board of supervisors meeting;• Bid awardMarch 7;• Anticipated notice to proceed,April 4;• Anticipated substantial completion,Aug. 30.Reiner said he is hoping the bids for this phase are no more than $1.5 million.Disaster declarationOnJan. 23 the snow fell hard, fast and for a long time throughout the area. Penn Forest Township employees put in 59 hours plowing the township roads. In addition, Pine Ridge, the company contracted by the township to assist when conditions require it, put in an additional 29.5 hours.The cost for Pine Ridge was $3,540, and the additional labor cost to the township was $1,000. Reiner estimated that the township used about 35 to 40 tons of antiskid and salt during the storm."We were actually lucky," Reiner said. "Once we plowed the roads, the rest just kind of melted and they stayed pretty clear."The township has followed the state and Carbon County in filing for emergency disaster relief from FEMA. According to Reiner, the declaration will allow the township to recoup a significant portion of the expenses related to the storm.