Township Engineer James Milot took front stage with his report to East Allen’s board of supervisors Sept. 13, announcing with some authority that the culvert repair on Dogwood Road was underway.

“We held our preconstruction meeting,” he said, adding the work was to begin Sept. 20.

Milot’s projected completion date of Sept. 24 was met with some skepticism, but he stuck by his time frame.

“We have the culvert, and everyone is alerted to the construction. It is a benefit to be able to completely close the road,” he said. “It will speed the process along.”

Milot also had a meeting with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) representatives regarding the Jacksonville Road bridge. The recommendations from the meeting were to mill the existing paving down about an inch, put down a membrane to seal the underlayment and then repave. Milot wants to be sure the bridge is better tied into the adjacent railroad tracks. The outside edges of the bridge need repair.

Milot gave a cost estimate of $50,000. Chairman Roger Unangst said the repairs cost more than the bridge.

The township contends the bridge should be classed as a county bridge, but the township has lost that battle more than once. Unangst expressed his concern that a couple of swaths with a pavement milling machine might bring the whole bridge down. Milot said he is aware of the potential disaster and is taking steps to avert the problem.

Last bridge to cross - the township received paperwork to start the process of replacing a single-lane bridge on Valley View Road with an updated two-lane version. The bridge is part of the county’s program to fast-track smaller bridges using a program PennDOT pioneered and released across the state.

Also discussed at the meeting were warehouses. Supervisors approved moving an appeal forward on a height restriction. The case is appealed to Northampton County Court.

The township’s zoning hearing board granted a height variance to the developer of a warehouse at the corner of Airport Road and Route 329. The township restricts building height to 36 feet. The hearing board granted the developer’s appeal request to increase the height to 48 feet. The developer contends he cannot get financing for a building with a lower height.

Supervisors are opposed to the height increase and indicated their opposition early in the approval process.

Rockefeller Group’s warehouse proposal on Weaversville Road has its public hearing continuing for Sept. 21 in the Northampton Area High School auditorium, 1619 Laubach Ave. The session starts 6:30 p.m. and must be completed by 10 p.m.

In another measure, the board agreed to pursue a $5,000 proposal for radon remediation at the administration building and at the fire station.