Lower Macungie Putting Water in its Place

The construction along East Texas Road will be over soon, and to the relief of many, had nothing to do with building another new development of homes.

Rather, the pipe-laying project that has occurred over the past few weeks -- and will be over very soon -- is the result of a lawsuit involving Corrado Homes, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Lower Macungie Township on one side, and William Diebert who owns the property on the north side of East Texas Road and west of Hidden Valley Road.

According to the suit, the stormwater runoff from the Corrado Homes and Hidden Valley Meadows developments caused flooding and sinkholes, said Township Engineer Bill Erdman.

The remediation should solve the problem for Diebert's more than 40 acres of property and for an adjoining, smaller property owned by the Dieberts daughter and family, the Borowskis, Erdman said.

The developer incurred the entire cost of the project. The township is not responsible for any of the charges, Erdman said.