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- Bucks Residents Want Sunoco Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Shut Down
- #NewtownPA Supervisors Call On Sewer Authority To Cancel Plans For Waste Water Treatment Plant
- Toll Bros to Begin Construction of 45 Homes
- #Newtown PA Looking for New Bank, New Traffic & Municipal Engineering Firm, and New A/V Company
Shut Down the Pipeline!
Upper Makefield Township residents affected by a pipeline leak that tainted the water of six wells with jet fuel continued to question pipeline operator Sunoco and its parent company Energy Transfer at a meeting Thursday (Feb 13, 2025) night. A preliminary federal investigation found it was undetected for at least 16 months. More…
Meanwhile, residents in Newtown Township reported on February 11, 2025, that Sunoco Pipeline was been doing what appeared to be "extensive” work on the pipeline along Eagle Rd (see map).
BOS to Sewer Authority: “Tear Down Plans for This Sewer Plant!”
In response to growing public opposition [read "Opposition Builds to Proposed Local Sewage Treatment Plant"], the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors on Wednesday [12 Feb 2025] said it will ask the Newtown Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority [NBCJMA] to cancel its plans for a wastewater treatment plant in the township. More…
Toll Bros to Begin Construction of 45 Homes
Residents have recently received a letter from Rock Work Inc. Drilling & Blasting notifying them that the company has been retained by Toll Bros to provide drilling and blasting services to "facilitate trench and bulk rock excavations at the Lyondale Meadows Project located off Twining Bridge Rd in Newtown Township.”
to the township plus the demolition of the so-called “historic” farmhouse.
It is anticipated the blasting will start on or after February 24th, 2025." So, don't be concerned if you hear explosions in the area at the end of February. More...
#Newtown PA Looking for New Bank, New Traffic & Municipal Engineering Firm, and New A/V Company
#NewtownPA is putting out “Requests for Qualifications” (RFQ’s) seeking to perhaps hire a new engineering firm (especially Traffic Engineer) to replace RVE, and a new Audio/Visual company. In addition, a traditional Request for Proposal (RFP) has been issued for Various Banking Services (due by 4:00 PM, February 17, 2025) to replace TD Bank – a foreign-owned (Canadian) bank.
A RFQ is a document that asks potential vendors or suppliers to provide information about their skills and experience. It's often used as a preliminary step in the procurement process for products or services.
Three RFQ’s have been posted to the website:
- Municipal Engineering Conulting RFQ (due date: 4:00PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025)
- Traffic Engineering Services RFQ (due date: 4:00PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025)
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Video Productions RFQ (due date: 4:00 PM ON MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2025)
“The Township will review the responses to the RFQ and decide as to the most responsive, best suited, and most qualified to provide the services requested. A limited number of candidates may be selected for interviews with the Township’s Board of Supervisors and Manager, after which the consultant will be appointed by the Board of Supervisors.”
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