SAXONBURG — Historical revitalization along Main Street is taking a little more time than expected.

Completion of the majority of work under the initial phase has been pushed back from mid-August to the end of the month.

Jo Ann Oleyar of John Roebling’s Historical Saxonburg Society, which is spearheading the project, told borough council Wednesday the deadline was extended due to sloppy weather slowing down work.

The project includes the installation of brick sidewalks and historic light fixtures along 2,200 feet of Main Street. Final tweaking such as tree planting would occur later in the year.

Under the $1.4 million first phase, contractor S.E.T. Inc. of Lowellville, Ohio, is working from Pittsburgh Street to Rebecca Street on the south side of Main Street and from State Street to Rebecca Street on the north side.

Borough resident Robert Mazza criticized the project for not producing aesthetically pleasing results.

Council president Bill Gillespie disagreed.

“That does look quite good,” Gillespie said.

The second phase of the project, which isn’t funded yet, would extend the work from State Street to the borough building and from Pittsburgh Street to the section across from the borough building.

Mazza asked if the second phase would ever come to pass since funding for that work has not yet been obtained.

He said property owners sitting in that part of the borough’s historic district would have to put up with the aggravation from construction of the first phase without receiving any benefit.

“We’re sitting here with nothing,” Mazza said.

Gillespie conceded there is no guarantee the second phase will receive funding.

“It’s not out of the question we’re doing the second phase, but, right now, it’s not in place,” he said.

The state Department of Transportation is paying the $1.4 million under its Transportation Enhancement Program.

Oleyar said PennDOT is waiting for federal funds to become available.

“Unfortunately, PennDOT does not have control over that,” she said.

To be ready for that possibility, the design of the second phase must be submitted as soon as they’re completed by Klavon Design Associates of Pittsburgh and reviewed by the historical Saxonburg society.

Once the first phase is completed, the borough will pave Main Street.

Council on Wednesday awarded a $38,217 contract to Wiest Asphalt Products & Paving of Butler, which submitted the lowest of three bids to do the work.

Borough superintendent Tom Knights said the paving would be finished over two days.

Knights said scheduling the paving for September would help avoid any conflicts with the Main Street project.

“That makes life pretty easy,” he said.

Councilwoman Pam Bauman suggested the work be set for a Monday and Tuesday, which are days Main Street businesses are slow or closed.