North Castle Town Board Okays Water Purification Project and Road Repair Funds
The North Castle Town Board voted unanimously on Aug. 5 to approve an ultraviolet light water purification system and to take $1 million out of the fund balance for road maintenance projects.
Nicholas Hyde, project engineer working for the town, discussed the water disinfection project at the North Broadway pumping station. The ultraviolet light disinfection system is needed to meet EPA requirements to kill bacteria in drinking water, he said. The estimated cost of the project, which will be bonded, is $1.2 million.
Jan Salzman, another project engineer working for the town, said the DEP provided the town with a two-year extension to install the water purification system in October 2014. If the town does not meet the new deadline it would be subject to fines, he said.
The plan would need to be submitted to the Westchester County Health Department by Sept. 15, Hyde added.
Construction is scheduled to begin in August 2016 and be completed in October 2016.
The town board voted unanimously to approve a public interest order for the project to begin and to approve a resolution to okay the bonding.
Road repair funds
Also during last week’s meeting, the town board voted unanimously to take $1 million out of the fund balance to make road repairs to Hickory Kingdom Road in Banksville and Nethermonth Avenue in North White Plains.
The funds would make repairs to three miles of roads, town Supervisor Michael Schiliro said.
