Pittsburgh UNITED's newest campaign is the Clean Rivers Campaign. We are working with Clean Water Action, the Sierra Club, Action United, Pittsburgh Interfaith Impact Network and many other partners to impact the planning currently underway to rebuild Allegheny County's water and sewer infrastructure.
Canvassers from the coalition Pittsburgh United have been knocking on doors in Sharpsburg to alert residents about a multibillion-dollar project by the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority that potentially could double sewage rates for many of its customers.
Alcosan officials are proposing a $4 billion to $6 billion option to keep raw sewage out of the three rivers by sinking mammoth holding tunnels along the rivers from Emsworth to Etna and Braddock that would store sewage overflow during heavy wet weather.
About 700 people from local unions, advocacy groups and faith organizations marched to the Greenfield Bridge Thursday to call for jobs and restoration of the American dream.
The Greenfield Bridge, like countless others in Pittsburgh and thousands across the country, is structurally deficient and in need of repair. We need to fix our crumbling bridges and put people back to work!
