Hempfield awarded a $1.3 million contract Monday for a project that will connect the township’s new municipal complex with the Five Star Trail.
Construction firm A. Liberoni Inc. of Plum was the lowest bidder for all five facets of the project.
Township manager Aaron Siko said work is anticipated to start in the spring with construction being complete at the end of 2026.
A $1.76 million state grant was awarded to the township to realign Spruce Street at the intersection with Summit Drive and Rugh Street just off the Cedar Street exit of Route 30 west. The realignment will include creating a lane for bicycles from the complex, onto Rugh Street and Broad Street and connect with the Five Star Trail.
Hempfield in May paid $290,000 to buy a residential property at the intersection of Summit Drive and Spruce Street. The home will be demolished to allow room for the realignment work that will connect Spruce directly to Rugh.
The project will consist of several parts that Siko said will happen concurrently: reconstruction of the intersection, paving of Gibralter Way and Rugh Street, a connection from Broad Street to the Five Star Trail and creation of a park where the yet-to-be demolished home sits.
Supervisors approved the purchase of benches, trash receptacles and bike racks for $7,455 from Keystone Ridge Designs for the project.
The 43-acre multi-million dollar municipal complex will hold township offices, a park, sports fields and an emergency command headquarters off Mt. Pleasant Road, on a street now known as Hempfield Commons. Work is continuing there, but the project’s first phase — a 14-acre park with a splash pad, pavilion and nature area with fitness amenities — was completed earlier this year.