By Brady Extin | The Times-Post

PENDLETON — Town of Pendleton shared information on upcoming drain and roadway improvement plans during a public informational meeting at town hall on Monday.
The town presented details on the Elm Street and Pendleton Avenue Drain project and Elm Street and Main Street Roadway Reconstruction project, giving an overview of the work to be done. It includes storm drain improvements along a railroad bed and roadway reconstruction on Elm Street from Main Street to Pendleton Avenue, as well as on Main Street from Elm Street to Madison Avenue.
The first project, referred to as Phase 2, is focused on storm drain improvements along the railroad bed from Elm Street to Madison Avenue to help reduce flooding in those areas.
Data on the project are to be presented during the Feb. 8 town council meeting, with the hope of construction beginning, weather permitting, in mid-February.
The project will be fully funded by the town’s stormwater funds and will result in no additional cost to property owners.
“We’re really excited about this project,” Assistant Planning Director Denise McKee said. “It’s going to help solve a lot of issues that have been ongoing, such as flooding and improvements to those roadways.”
Work on the drainage project is expected to last until June or July.
The second project, referred to as Phases 1 and 3, will involve roadway improvements on Elm Street from Main Street to Pendleton Avenue, and on Main Street from Elm Street down to Madison Avenue.
This project includes new roadways, sidewalk improvements and storm drainage improvements.
The town hopes this project will be partially funded by the 2024-1 Community Crossings Matching Grant Call for Projects, which would make the town responsible for just 25% of the cost. The maximum awarded amount for the grant is $1.5 million and is provided to towns across the state to make improvements to local roads and bridges.
The application deadline for the grant is at the end of this month, and a decision on recipients should be made by mid-March or early April.
To get things moving on the project, the town will begin the bidding process but won’t award a bid until a decision has been made about the grant.
Construction on the project will begin in May or June and is expected to wrap up in the fall.
To help plan and complete the projects, the town has partnered with Banning Engineering, which has been involved in a variety of town projects during the past decade.
“We’re excited to partner with Banning Engineering for this project,” McKee said. “We have worked with them for about a decade now on a various number of projects, so we appreciate them partnering with us again.”