Palmerton has made the most recent payment for a sewer lining project.

Borough council on Thursday unanimously approved a payment to Mr. Rehab in the amount of $137,049 for 2025 sewer lining.

Borough Manager Autumn Canfield said it was a partial payment, and that the project is almost complete.

In August, borough council approved a recommendation for Costars vendor work for sanitary sewer lining to Mr. Rehab, in the amount of $186,258.

Canfield said the sewer lining is a continuation of a multiyear project the borough has in place to extend the life of the lines.

After the meeting, Canfield expounded on the project.

“Every year we get multiple quotes from Costars vendors, depending on the length of the pipes that we are lining, how many pipes we are lining, it varies every year how much that cost is,” Canfield said. “The first year, we fixed some deteriorated pipes that were in too poor condition to line.”

Canfield added that televising of the lines began several years ago, and that the first year of rehabilitation work was in 2023.

“We do plan to continue (lining) every year,” she said. “We have currently pending, a small water and sewer grant, (but) we have not heard back from that yet.”