The Gaskill Avenue Project aims to correct a safety hazard caused by erosion along Gaskill Avenue in Punxsutawney by enclosing the stream. Representative Sam Smith and partners Jefferson Conservation District and Punxsutawney Borough hired contractor Dave Roman Excavating to implement the solution, which requires permits from DEP and the Army Corps due to constraints of tying into an existing culvert under commercial property and discharging into a flood protection levee area.