Lower Burrell to install sewer liners in Kinloch aimed at reducing backups and overflows

New sanitary sewer liners will be installed in the Kinloch section of Lower Burrell by the end of next year.

The city will be able to install liners in just about every sewer in Kinloch with the $300,000 in state funding awarded Tuesday and $200,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds the city already has, according to Mayor Chris Fabry.

“This is a great day for the Kinloch area, as we will be able to do substantial upgrades in that area,” Fabry said. “Without this funding, there would be no immediate timetable to complete this much-needed project.”

The work will be within the sanitary sewer lines that run along Chicago, Broadway, Pittsburgh, Wills, Wells, Atlantic and Pacific avenues; Fayette Street; and Millers Lane.

Fabry anticipates construction to take place next summer and be completed in the fall.

The project will eliminate the inflow and infiltration and help the city comply with the Municipal Authority of New Kensington and state Department of Environmental Protection consent decree, according to city officials.

Kinloch is an area with infiltration in the sanitary sewer system. The project also would aim to reduce sanitary backups and overflows there.

The project would install trenchless liners, which city officials said are cost-effective.

The funding comes from the state’s Local Share Account, where funds are generated by the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. That provides for distributing gambling revenues through the Commonwealth Financing Authority to support projects in the public interest within Pennsylvania.

“Support from this grant system goes a long way in making certain that local governments have the resources they need to provide important services without passing high bills on to residents and taxpayers,” said state Rep. Jill Cooper, R-Murrysville.

“Without these grants, municipalities would face either raising rates and taxes or simply having to put projects on hold.”