Franklin Township supervisors on Tuesday approved the revision of Community Development Block Grant funds and pre-application for fiscal year 2023.

Before the board unanimously approved the measure, Supervisor Robin Cressley noted that means the township will have to pay engineering fees for a second time.

“I think we should reach out to them,” Cressley said. “This is the second year in a row.”

After the meeting, township secretary Brenda Cressley said that the way engineers estimated to continue the Red Hill Road Drainage Project with CDBG funds, the township would need about $39,000 more than what the township currently has budgeted.

As a result, Cressley said its engineers have to revise the estimate/cutback $39,000 in order to bid the project out.

In May, supervisors agreed to utilize last year’s CDBG funding on Red Hill Road.

Of the $96,138 in CDBG funds the township received last year, $78,834 is for the project, with the remaining $17,304 for administration.

The township used last year’s CDBG funds to continue with water improvements along Red Hill Road.

The grant will be modified to replace the culvert on Red Hill Road.

The township used $29,051 from Fiscal Year 2017, and $13,577 from Fiscal Year 2018 in CDBG funds to complete the street improvements in Red Hill Road Phase I.

The township will use funds from fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020 ($215,063) to replace the culvert.