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HOLLIDAYSBURG -- Blair County commissioners are expected to vote Thursday in favor of submitting a $3.8 million grant application for the extension of municipal sewer service to properties along Reservoir Road.
Blair Township is proposing, with the county's support, to ask the state Department of Community and Economic Development for the grant funds that could pay for the second portion of a $9.5 million project.
Trina Illig, who administers the county's CDBG grant program, told commissioners Tuesday that the goal of this project is to address malfunctioning septic systems.
She said her office has encountered difficulty with the pursuit of housing rehabilitation projects in that area because of septic system issues.
At a recent public meeting that focused on the project, those familiar with the malfunctioning systems spoke of human feces in the yards during storms, pipes that take effluent to nearby streams or ditches and wildcat cellpools.
Commissioner Amy Webster spoke Tuesday in favor of the project, its importance to that area and its anticipated effect on the Frankstown branch of the Juniata River along Reservoir Road.
"I'm glad to see we're doing this," Webster said.
"It will clean up the water quality," Illig said.
Mirror Staff Writer Kay Stephens is at 814-946-7456.