Burns: $585,360 delivered to fix deteriorated Croyle Twp. roads
‘Foot deep’ potholes on Tunnel Street being addressed
Rep. Frank Burns March 20, 2025 | 3:06 PM
EBENSBURG, March 20 – Assessing grants worth $585,360 recently announced by state Rep. Frank Burns, Croyle Township supervisor Rich Potter said it continues a pattern of help received since the memorable time Burns showed up after he started representing the township 12 years ago.
“The first day I met Frank, I was working underneath a truck, all covered in grease and oil. I saw some shoes from underneath the truck. I got out from underneath the truck, stood up, and I met Frank Burns,” recalled Potter.
“Frank introduced himself, and said, ‘Hey, I’m here to help any way I can.’ And he’s been helping ever since. A police vehicle, and anything else I’ve ever asked him for, I’ve got. He's the only rep. that ever came to meet me. And even though I was covered in grease and oil, he still shook my hand.”
Burns, D-Cambria, said the genesis of the recent grants – $347,476 to repave Tunnel Street, and $237,884 for road paving and sidewalks in Fifficktown – arose from a conversation he had with Potter and fellow Supervisor Dereck Wirfel when they attended Burns’ annual Christmas office open house.
“They talked to me about how badly the roads needed repairs. I informed them I was recently on the roads, so I knew how bad they were,” Burns recalled. “So, I went to work on this.”
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“Frank introduced himself, and said, ‘Hey, I’m here to help any way I can.’ And he’s been helping ever since. A police vehicle, and anything else I’ve ever asked him for, I’ve got. He's the only rep that ever came to meet me. And even though I was covered in grease and oil, he still shook my hand.” – Rich Potter, Croyle Township supervisor.
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And not a moment too soon, according to Potter: “Tunnel Street is so bad that we’re afraid that somebody will get run over and hurt. The potholes are at least a foot deep. By the grace of God … we got the grant. It will help tremendously.”
Potter said that while he, Wirfel and Supervisor Dan Schrift work collectively to chart the township’s course, Burns has been a key ally in many improvements made possible by state funding.
“Frank has kept asking me, ‘What do you need? What can I help you with?’” Potter said. “He’s just a good man for our community. He really cares. He got us grants last year to do two other roads – Oaks Road and Lake Road. And that freed up money so that we could get our Nelson Road project done last year, and our Humbert Road project done this year.”