Dam rehabilitation project receives additional funds, stays under budget

The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved additional funding for the upper dam spillway rehabilitation project.

The original project bid came in under the $400,000 estimate at $219,720. The requested change order amount of $46,146.82 will still allow the contract to be completed within the original budget at $265,866.82, according to a cost proposal submitted by Larry Young.

Since there was money left over in the original budget, borough manager Stephen Giesbrecht said there were some other problems with the dam that could be addressed.

“This is a good opportunity,” said Giesbrecht. “We have a...