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Thursday, October 14, 1993     Page: 2A QUICK WORDS: CROWNHILL ROAD PROBLEMS

FRANKLIN TWPCounty, township progress on Crownhill road problem
   
Residents of the Crownhill housing development received an early Christmas
present when Luzerne County agreed to remedy a 32-year-old problem with roads
in the community.
    Crownhill resident Joe O’Donnell, who’s been leading the fight to improve
the condition of the development’s three roads, said the county has agreed to
bring the roads up to minimum state Department of Transportation standards.
That means 16-foot-wide gravel roads for Farmview, Hill and Crown drives.
   
When the roadwork is finished, the county will ask the township to maintain
the roads for the winter months. The township would be compensated for its
work, O’Donnell said.
   
County Engineer James Brozena said the county will fill in the road’s
larger holes with gravel during the next two to three weeks.
   
The township’s supervisors haven’t decided whether they will maintain the
roads and previously said they would only accept the roads if they were paved.
   
O’Donnell said the county may pave the roads in the spring. He said the
roads are in such bad condition that one of his tires blew last week after
hitting a jagged rock in the roadbed.