With liability costs to boroughs and townships increasing each year, the Antis Township Board of Supervisors decided it\u2019s time to look at the area known as \u201cthe old railroad bed\u201d along state Route 865 and determine what it can do to prevent a costly accident.
\nAccording to Chairman Supervisor Leo Matuszewski, a resident of the area noted that a trail continues from the railroad bed, through state game lands and on through Altoona water authority property. The resident told supervisors the water authority has its property posted against motorized vehicles and believed it would be a good idea if the supervisors would look into posting its property.
\n\u201cSo I bounced the idea off the solicitor and he said it would probably be a good idea,\u201d said Matuszewski. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to post it for no motorized vehicles, but instead against any trespasser in general. We just want to protect ourselves.\u201d
\nMatuszewski said that although the township could post \u201cNo Trespassing\u201d signs in the area, it still may not deter people who use the trail.
\n\u201cBut what this policy will do is provide us with that leverage, legally, that if something that did occur, we could say we had the ground posted and that you were not allowed to trespass,\u201d said Matuszewski. \u201cIt\u2019s a legal thing that we as supervisors felt we needed to do for the township.\u201d
\nThe supervisors will establish a meeting date and time for the public to express their opinion on the matter. For more information, contact the supervisors at 742-9015.
\nThe board also agreed to establish a ten-ton weight limits on Brush Mountain Road because of the logging efforts takng place there.
\n\u201cWe wanted to put a limit on that so we could tell these loggers they have to post a bond that if they damage the road, we\u2019ll have the money to repair it,\u201d said Matuszewski. \u201cI think its more a policy for insurance rather than anything else.\u201d
\nThe policy is on review at the township building.
\nThe topic of street lighting was also discussed at Monday\u2019s meeting.
\nMatuszewski said in recent weeks, the supervisors were requested by township residents to place a street light outside their residence.
\nHe explained the township has a policy stating it will not supply lighting or maintain that service.
\n\u201cIf a person wants to put a light up, we say go right ahead,\u201d said Matuszewski. \u201cBut we don\u2019t want to pay for the installation, operation or maintenance. Once we start that, it would be never ending.\u201d
\nHe said the supervisors have been \u201creally trying to tear down the budget\u201d after the recent announcement of the one mill tax increase slated for 2003 and adding lighting to the township\u2019s extensive list of things-to-do would only cause more financial headaches.
\n\u201cWe just don\u2019t want to put any more burden on our taxpayers.\u201d
\nSupervisors also decided Monday that they would not allow a land developer\u2019s request for plans at Edgewood Estates, unless that developer, June Roarabaugh, solves a problem of a rock wall not being three feet from a neighboring property. She will have until Feb. 6 to rectify the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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