ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A broken pipe that contributed to flooding in recent months on McKnight Road in Ross Township has been replaced.
The collapsed pipe was discovered in early July in a wooded area about 100 feet off McKnight Road. It largely ran parallel to the roadway, but almost entirely on private property.
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The pipe that needed replaced was 60 feet long and more than 50 years old, officials said. Fixing it was made more difficult by a sinkhole that opened up above the collapsed area.
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Officials had estimated the cost of repairs would be more than $100,000 to business and landowners where the pipe runs.
When McKnight Road flooding in recent weeks, it looked more like a river at times. During one of the flooding incidents, a car caught fire.
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