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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2009
Contact: Tracy Polovick
Coordinator of Communications and Outreach
(717) 787-8524
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Vance Announces DEP Grant for Newville

HARRISBURG – A $150,000 Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) grant recently was awarded to Newville Borough to repair a culvert, said Sen. Pat Vance (R-Cumberland/York).

"This culvert has collapsed twice, backed up water and forced emergency repairs," Vance said. "In addition, when the Rails to Trails from Newville to Carlisle is completed, numerous people will pass this location. With this funding a significantly safety hazard will be permanently repaired thus improving the health, safety and welfare of the community for years to come."

The grant will be used to make repairs to a damaged culvert conveying Big Spring Creek under two former Cumberland Valley Railroad embankments to prevent the culvert's failure and subsequent flooding in Newville.

Vance's district includes all of Cumberland County and Carroll, Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Warrington and Washington townships and Dillsburg, Franklintown and Wellsville boroughs in York County.