Notices
Stony Road Residential Development – Blasting Notice
Blasting for the new development on Stony Road at Bentley Drive will continue to occur on Friday, March 7th between 11AM and 3PM.
Please be advised that ROCK WORK INC. has been retained by CVA, Inc. to provide drilling and blasting services to facilitate rock excavations at the Stony Road Project located off Stony Road in Warwick Township. ROCK WORK INC. has the necessary federal, and state permits to conduct blasting operations, and the blasting personnel have valid Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection blasters’ licenses.
As required by Warwick Township, ROCK WORK INC retained the services of Vibra-Tech Engineers, Inc. and offered pre-blast inspections of those properties located within 500 feet of the blast areas. You may contact them at 1-800-233-6181 Please reference the “Stony Road Project” when calling.
The blasting is necessary to facilitate trench rock and bulk rock removal for the proposed subdivision. The blasting is being insured by the Lancer Insurance Company, PO Box 87790, Vancouver, WA 98687. Policy GL80298622.
The blasting will be seismically monitored to confirm the blast induced ground vibration levels are within regulatory limits, and therefore, not capable of having an adverse effect on any neighboring structures.
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) For Professional Bridge Design Engineering Services – Valley Road Bridge Replacement Project
RFQ FOR PROFESSIONAL BRIDGE DESIGN ENGINEERING SERVICES
WARWICK TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Warwick Township (Township) is requesting qualifications from interested and qualified parties to provide professional bridge design engineering services for the Valley Road Bridge Replacement Project. The scope of work will include but is not limited to, preliminary design, environmental clearances, permit acquisition, ROW relocation coordination, final design of a concrete bridge structure to replace an existing 15.5’ stone masonry arch and corrugated metal plate arch, road restoration, bid packet preparation, and shop drawing reviews. The expected contract value is $265,000. This contract will be awarded through a fair and open, qualifications-based process. The appointed firm serves at-will at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, who may dismiss the firm at any time.
Firms are to review all documents herein attached and appended prior to submitting a response. All responses must be submitted by 2:00 PM (EST) on Friday, January 31, 2025, via email to Township Manager Kyle Seckinger at kseckinger@warwickbucks.gov. Responses submitted by any other means will not be accepted.
A firm will be appointed through a competitive review process. Firms should demonstrate the capacity to complete the required work and provide several examples of completing comparable work in similarly-sized communities. One or more may be invited in for an interview with the Township prior to selection. Interviews may be held in person.
All questions about and submissions for this project must be submitted in writing to Township Manager Kyle Seckinger at kseckinger@warwickbucks.gov. Correspondence and qualifications submitted via mail, fax, phone, or other means are not permissible and will be considered invalid.
Warwick Township is located in central Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania, just northeast of the City of Philadelphia, and encompasses the town of Jamison and portions of Warrington, Furlong, Rushland, Ivyland, and Warminster post offices. Warwick Township is a second-class township governed by three (3) elected Supervisors under a council-manager form of government. The Township operates with a $17 million annual budget and serves approximately 15,000 residents. The Township is home to three (3) elementary schools of the Central Bucks School District and a Vo-Tech school for high school age students. The Township is a full-service municipality with approximately 40 full-time employees. The Township is home to three (3) main state road corridors – York Road (Route 263), Bristol Road and Almshouse Road.
All project documents and appendices can be found below.
Christmas Tree Recycling
Warwick residents can dispose of their Christmas trees at Guinea Lane Park (2045 Guinea Lane, rear parking lot). All ornaments and lights must be removed prior to disposal. Please refrain from leaving any rope, plastic, bags, or other trash with the trees. The trees will be recycled and processed into mulch.
Pennsylvania Declares Drought Conditions in Bucks County and others
The Pennsylvania Drought Task Force has announced that the counties of Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Bucks, Butler, Carbon, Chester, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Indiana, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Somerset, Washington, Westmoreland and York are under a Drought Watch and Berks and Schuylkill counties are under a Drought Warning due to consistent dry conditions, with very little rain over September and October. The Drought Task Force is monitoring other areas of the state. Click here for a link to the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Drought Information page and Drought Map.
Remember, in a drought watch, we should all be seeking to reduce water use by about 5 percent through voluntary conservation measures.
