Old Piney Poject

In early September, Glen Onoko Estates will be starting the project to address the storm water issues and erosion of Old Piney Road and Broadview Drive.

It is the goal of the board to invest in storm water management to eventually reduce the cost of road maintenance.  The roads in Glen Onoko Estates were assessed by Keystone Engineering Group and recommendations were made on how best to invest in our roads, and one of the key finding was to implement proper storm water management.

In our July meeting, the board voted to proceed with improvements to Old Piney Road.  The project is a system of channels and pipes intended to catch storm water on the high side of Old Piney Rd (the south side) before that water hits the road itself, and deliver that water downhill across Broadview Dr towards CCTI. Water that lands on Old Piney will sheet off to the north side.  This should greatly reduce the water flowing on the north side of the road and move the flow of water to a safe spot where it will no longer erode the edge of Old Piney and Broadview Dr and wash debris into the road.

The project was designed by Keystone Engineering Group in 2022.  Members who attended the 2022 and 2023 member meeting will recall the discussion about the project and the plans provided at the meeting.

The project has been permitted by the Jim Through Borough in 2022.  During the permit process the design was reviewed by the Boroughs engineers. 

After bidding out the work to multiple contractors, the board has selected RS Kuhns Excavation https://kuhnssepticandexcavating.com/,  610-379-0410.  This is the same firm that plows our roads, and Mr Kuhns is a neighbor of GOE.

Project Details:

• All the work will be contained on GOE property. It is unlikely there will be any disturbance on members' actual property, even in the easement where GEO is allowed to work.  GOE property extends from the road to roughly the location of the telephone pole line.  The poles are installed on the edge of member's and GOE property.

• Pipes will be installed under every driveway on the south side of Old Piney, and each driveway will be backfilled. Paved driveways will be patched.

• The south edge of the road will be graded flat for future widening of the road.

• From that new edge, a channel will be excavated. It will consist of a 2ft wide channel at the base with a 2:1 slope on either side.  This channel will be seeded for grass.

• Total disturbance from the edge of the existing paving to the far side of the channel could be as far as 16 ft at spots.

• Pipes will be installed across Chippy Circle and Huckleberry Hill.

• Existing drainage pipes that cross Old Piney will be removed or blocked off.

• A pipe will be installed across Broadview Drive from the south side of Old Piney to the property line between 1364 and 1370 Broadview Drive.  This pipe will extend deep enough into the woods to ensure no water will impact the structures on either property

• This work will have a large impact to the landscape adjacent to members’ properties.  Over the years members have planted trees, ornamental vegetation and other landscaping.  Our contractor will make an attempt to save landscaping materials and bushes, and deposit them on member's property for replanting if members wish.  Members can tag the bushes they wish to keep.  We will be unable to relocate trees.

• Members may contact the excavation contractor (RS Kuhns)) if they would like to hire them for related landscaping work while they have equipment on site.

• Very little work will be done on the north side of Old Piney.  Some strategic grading may be performed to ensure water sheeting off the road will enter the woods and not collect on the north side of Old Piney.

• Plans and information related to the project can be found at:
  https://www.glenonokoestates.com/old-piney-poject

Project Schedule:

To prevent further erosion, the channels must be seeded and grass must grow before the winter. As such, excavation work is likely to start the second week of September.

A week prior to excavation, the site will be staked and marked by Keystone Engineering Group.