The Coal Run Watershed Crisis: Decades of Development, and a $217K Study Still Searching for Answers

Key Actions & Decisions

• ◆ Board of Supervisors approved $217,520 EADS Group contract for Upper Coal Run Culvert Design Services on April 2, 2026
• ◆ Contract covers preliminary design, hydraulic/hydrologic modeling, and cost estimating — not construction
• ◆ Construction timeline: Spring 2027 at earliest
• ◆ Township is 72.9% developed with 4.4 square miles of impervious surface
• ◆ 25 billion gallons of stormwater passed through system in 2018
• ◆ General Authority collected 113 Fox Run survey responses (35% of households)
• ◆ Multiple aging pipe projects underway: Joan Street, Dutilh Road, Parkwood Drive, Freshcorn Road, LaPorte Court
• ◆ Slip-lining technique being used to rehabilitate terracotta and corrugated pipes
• ◆ Stormwater fee now $7/month per residential unit, up from $3 in 2020
• ◆ Meeder development adding 672 units on 57.3 acres continues alongside infrastructure strain
• ◆ Northfield Road Storm Sewer Upgrades hit delays from underground utilities, required $19K change order