$703,525 Grant for Millvale to Pay for Stormwater Efforts from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Millvale has been awarded a $703,525 state grant to plant 850 trees and construct mounded swales to control stormwater runoff into Girty's Run. The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, known as PENNVEST, announced the grant today."
Doubtless, this is a good thing for Millvale, and the folks who did the spadework to get this grant should be congratulated. HOWEVER, the storm sewer situation in Pittsburgh is in a crisis -- and this project is tantamount to giving the guy whose bed is under a leaking ceiling an umbrella to keep the water off -- rather than fixing the ceiling.
"Millvale has been awarded a $703,525 state grant to plant 850 trees and construct mounded swales to control stormwater runoff into Girty's Run. The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, known as PENNVEST, announced the grant today."
Doubtless, this is a good thing for Millvale, and the folks who did the spadework to get this grant should be congratulated. HOWEVER, the storm sewer situation in Pittsburgh is in a crisis -- and this project is tantamount to giving the guy whose bed is under a leaking ceiling an umbrella to keep the water off -- rather than fixing the ceiling.
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