JACKSON TWP — Board of supervisors voted on several construction and infrastructure-related plans at a special meeting Friday.

Board approved a public road to access Evans City Reservoir, closed a hearing about a planned residential development’s Neighborhood Improvement District and accepted a bid for improvements on German Street.

Supervisors unanimously approved a new public road titled “Jackson Lakeview Drive” at an existing path that traverses through the Evans City Reservoir site.

The road will be developed and paid for by PennEnergy Resources through its construction work at a nearby property according to township manager Chris Rearick.

“Ultimately, it will become a public asset for the park,” he said.

One resident along the road, Audrey Smith, said her address had been possibly duplicated and voiced concern at the meeting about ensuing confusion. Smith said her mail was being delivered to another property due to a mix-up.

Anthony Cosgrove, township solicitor, said the confusion is a separate issue from the purpose of the hearing. Smith clarified in response that she had no objection to the road opening up for public use.

Butler County’s Emergency Services department manages addresses, but Rearick said, “We’ll coordinate with them on an acceptable address, which will hopefully clear up any confusion with the post office. ”

Township also closed a public hearing regarding the final Londonderry Ridge Neighborhood Improvement District (NID) plan which had rolled over from the board’s Oct. 15 meeting.

The NID for the proposed residential development will fund a roundabout at the intersection of Route 528 and Ramsey Road through the plan instead of spending taxpayer money, according to Cosgrove.

The continuation of the hearing through the end of month provided affected landowners and developers time to review the changes that were made in the final plan, said Cosgrove.

Wee Five Development, awaiting final approval from the board, is currently in the process of acquiring environmental permits from the state and grading permits from township.

“Those due diligence items are still in process,” said Rearick. “We anticipate construction potentially beginning in the spring.”

Township also approved a bid from Centerline Boring, the lowest bidder, for a casing and boring project under the railroad at German Street.

Supervisors said the $87,000 bid from the company was far less than they expected.

Even though construction will not take place this year, the board had to approve the bid with urgency, said Rearick. A construction portion of the township’s American Rescue Plan Act fund allocation remains, and must be drawn by mid-November, he explained.

“In all likelihood, the actual construction will happen next spring just because of the timing of the railroad and their schedule,” said Rearick.

The installation is a part of the township’s ongoing efforts to mitigate flooding on the street.