BASD looks to repair sidewalks across district
BUTLER TWP — Butler Area School District will spend roughly $60,000 to repair deteriorating sidewalks and curbs at multiple district campuses.
The district’s school board approved a proposed contract with H.F. Lenz, an engineering services firm, at its Monday, Nov. 9, meeting.
“It is a civil engineering contract. We have a lot of concrete work that is slated to be done for our district,” superintendent Brian White said Monday night.
Work will be done around the campuses of Butler Senior High School and Butler Intermediate High School, as well as “a portion of sidewalk bordering the west side of Hansen Avenue,” and a portion of sidewalk at McQuistion Elementary School. Work will also modify the accessible parking area to “satisfy ADA requirements.”
The project involves removal and replacement of deteriorated concrete sidewalks.
According to the contract, the engineering firm will provide a topographic survey of the individual sites to provide horizontal and vertical measurements for sidewalk slopes, grades, drainage, “visible utility related items” and other structures.
The sidewalk work is the latest in maintenance repairs the school board has taken on. Over the past several years, capital projects have included fixes to the indoor annex next to Art Bernardi Stadium, stadium lighting, air conditioning, LED lighting installation, a new playground at Emily Brittain Elementary and other improvements.
