Governor Wolf Announces 51 PennDOT Projects Statewide to Improve Transportation Alternatives

Governor Wolf Announces 51 PennDOT Projects Statewide to Improve
Transportation Alternatives

1/10/2017-HARRISBURG

Governor Tom Wolf and PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards today announced
fifty-one projects to improve transportation alternatives are in line for
$33
million in federal funds

"These projects are important initiatives that enhance communities across
Pennsylvania to create stronger economies and better infrastructure,"
Governor
Wolf said. "Making these improvements will enhance pedestrian and bicycle
facilities, improve access to public transportation, create safe routes to
school, preserve historic transportation structures, provide environmental
mitigation, create trails that serve a transportation purpose, and promote
safety and mobility."

A full list of projects supported by today's announcement is below. Some
examples include:

• Sidewalk improvements in Somerset Borough's historic "Uptown District";
• Creation of a pedestrian and bicycle trail under Route 263 in Warwick
Township, Bucks County;
• Improvements for pedestrians and transit riders along Beaver Drive in
DuBois,
Clearfield County;
• Pedestrian improvements at Keystone College in Lackawanna County and
Kings
College in Luzerne County; and
• Enhancements to the City of Chester's Central Business District in
Delaware
County.

"Supporting transportation alternatives in our communities is vital to a
transportation system that works for all Pennsylvanians," Richards said.
"These
investments complement our state multimodal funding to ensure we're making
connections that improve citizens' quality of life no matter how they
travel."

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, the 2012 federal
transportation
authorization act known as MAP-21, introduced fundamental changes to the
administration of local programs, including those that had existed as
separate
programs in SAFETEA-LU, the previous authorization act. Transportation
Enhancements, Safe Routes to School, Scenic Byways and the Recreational
Trails
Program (RTP) are now consolidated into the Transportation Alternatives
Program
(TAP)

PennDOT evaluated the applications and made selections based on such
criteria
as safety benefits, reasonableness of cost, readiness for implementation,
statewide or regional significance, integration of land use and
transportation
decision making, collaboration with stakeholders, and leverage of other
projects or funding.

Allegheny County
• Mount Oliver Borough - $745,714 for a streetscape project along
Brownsville
Road in Mt. Oliver that includes numerous improvements to the Business
District, including new sidewalks, ADA curb ramps, sharrows, and a
consistent
streetscape design.
• Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh - $498,793 for lighting,
sidewalk
repair, and traffic calming to encourage alternative modes and pedestrian
safety in Homewood, a priority redevelopment area, which includes a
neighborhood school, business district, and regional rapid transit.
• Swissvale Borough - $353,250 for pedestrian and bicycle safety
improvements
including crosswalks, ADA-compliant curb cuts, pedestrian signal upgrades
and
bicycle safe storm sewer grates along South Braddock Avenue between McClure

Avenue and Woodstock Avenue.

Berks County
• Birdsboro Borough - $216,200 to replace sidewalks and construct
ADA-compliant
ramps at Birdsboro Elementary Center.
• City of Reading - $910,099 to create a trail segment for the Schuylkill
River
Trail through Reading from Reading Area Community College to Buttonwood
Street,
providing a safe, easily accessible, clearly marked and signed trail in the

City of Reading.

Blair County: City of Altoona - $460,000 for repair of deteriorated steps
and
decking on the 12th Street Pedestrian Bridge.

Bucks County
• Warwick Township - $500,000 to create a pedestrian/bicycle trail under
Route
263 to allow visitors access to recreational and cultural amenities near
Moland
Park.
• New Britain Township - $375,000 for construction of the Neshaminy
Greenway
Trail (NGT) from Lenape Lane to Upper State Road. The trail will be an ADA

compliant shared use path, and will complete a missing link in the NGT,
providing a connection to the 202 Parkway Trail.

Butler County
• Slippery Rock Township - $138,000 to widen a paved shoulder and create a
striped buffer with reflective markers separating the designated walking
path
from the cart way along Harmony Road.
• Zelienople Borough - $465,000 for comprehensive updates to the west side
of
Main Street between Beaver Street and Spring Street. Improvements will
include
new concrete sidewalks, curb/gutter, ADA ramps, and lighting.

Cambria County: Adams Township - $145,735 to create a safe route through
the
Creslo neighborhood to an existing Forest Hills School Campus.

Centre County: Patton Township - $1 million to construct a 10-foot-wide
shared
use path to link existing shared use paths, parks and residential
neighborhoods.

Chester County
• Kennett Township - $700,000 for construction of the McFarland Sidewalk
component of the Township's Red Clay Greenway Trail initiative.
• Downingtown Borough - $916,600 to install a 10-foot-wide multi-use trail
along Woodbine Road and a 6-foot-wide sidewalk along a portion of Lincoln
Highway.

Clearfield County: City of DuBois - $700,000 to extend the walkway and
provide
bus pull off areas along Beaver Drive in the Industrial Park.

Crawford County
• Crawford County - $475,000 for comprehensive updates to Water Street
between
Second Street and Third Street, including crosswalks, sidewalks, lighting
and
ADA-compliant curb cuts and ramps.
• City of Meadville - $219,940 for repair of the footbridge crossing Mill
Run,
which is a popular route for school children and on the proposed Ernst
Trail,
closed in 2014 due to structural deficiencies and safety concerns.

Dauphin County: City of Harrisburg - $1 million to replace 11,000 linear
feet
of damaged slab and steps along the Riverwalk in Riverfront Park.

Delaware County
• City of Chester - $913,488 for the Avenue of the States streetscape
project,
which includes sidewalk and streetscape improvements in Chester's Central
Business District.
• Radnor Township - $1 million for construction of the Radnor TAP Trail,
which
will provide a 5-mile north/south circuit route through nearly all of the
township to create a nearly continuous 7.6-mile on-road and off-road
bicycle
route.

Erie County: City of Erie - $175,745 for concrete sidewalk and curb removal
and
reconstruction with associated streetscaping (landscaping and trees) along
West
18th Street between Poplar and Liberty Streets.

Fayette County: Redevelopment Authority of the City of Uniontown - $999,350
to
replace sidewalks, add crosswalks, and create ADA-accessible ramps to
improve
safety and enhance the Historic District for both residents and visitors in
the
downtown.

Franklin County: Green Township - $498,420 to construct continuous concrete

curb and sidewalk on the east side of Route 1006 (Scotland Main Street) and

place a continuous concrete curb along the west side of Scotland Main
Street.

Lackawanna County: Keystone College - $732,146 to develop two critical safe

access pedestrian/bike trail connectors that fill gaps in a community trail

system in Laplume Township. Improvements include two ADA-compliant
trailheads
with bike parking, crosswalks and a small bike share program.

Lancaster County
• Elizabethtown Borough - $400,000 to expand the existing pathway network
at
Elizabethtown Area School District and Elizabethtown College. Additionally,

safety enhancements along the existing pedestrian and bicycle pathway
network
will include lighted crosswalks and pedestrian lighting.
• City of Lancaster - $962,378 to install a pedestrian bridge over the
Conestoga River, reconfigure fencing on the existing bridge to accommodate
bicyclists, and construct ADA accessible trail approaches to provide a
connection between two open space areas.
• West Earl Township - $999,810 to replace curbs, install sidewalk and
construct ADA curb ramps on East Main Street. Additionally, a flashing
pedestrian signal will be constructed at an existing crosswalk at the
intersection of West Main Street and Charles Place.

Lebanon County: Lebanon County - $575,000 to construct the Lebanon Valley
Rails-to-Trails (LVRT) bridge over Swatara Creek and a small section of
LVRT in
Union and Swatara townships.

Lehigh County
• Macungie Borough - $542,288 for traffic calming and safety improvements
to
Macungie's downtown gateway - encompassing one block of pedestrian
lighting,
trees and pavers (both sides) and one median island centered on Route 100.
• South Whitehall Township - $257,634 to continue the Jordan Creek Greenway
–
Section 50.
• Coopersburg Borough - $938,856 for traffic and pedestrian improvements to

Station Avenue from Main Street to the Saucon Rail Trail, including
crosswalks,
curbs, sidewalk, accessibility improvements and pedestrian lighting.
Additionally a Saucon Rail Trail extension will be constructed from Landis
Street to Station Avenue.
• City of Allentown - $297,274 for pedestrian safety improvements at a
high-volume intersection adjacent to the Allentown School District's new
public
high school and adjacent to the "Connecting our Community" MLK Parkway
Trail,
which connects the downtown to the city's western park resources.

Luzerne County: Wilkes University - $1 million for pedestrian and
streetscape
improvements on South Franklin Street and South Main Street in the City of
Wilkes-Barre.

Lycoming County
• City of Williamsport - $798,500 for phase four of the Williamsport
Pathway to
Health Project - a multi-phased streetscape and safety improvement project
in
the City of Williamsport.
• Loyalsock Township - $765,000 to construct two pedestrian bridges/trail
segments to connect the Recreation Center and Park/Pool Complex and the
Junior/Senior High School with Bruce Henry Park and surrounding residential

areas.

Mifflin County: Mifflin County - $608,000 for new trees, sidewalks with
adjoining pavers, curbing, ADA-compliant curb ramps, and pedestrian level
lighting to improve pedestrian access and safety.

Montgomery County
• Abington Township - $450,000 to construct a 3.26-mile on-road and
off-road
trail across the northern tier of the township.
• Cheltenham Township - $700,000 to construct a 1-mile segment of phase
three
of the Tookany Creek Trail, which starts at Harrison Avenue and ends at New

Second Street and includes a 135-foot-long pedestrian/bicycle bridge over
Tookany Creek.
• Limerick Township - $970,000 to construct Limerick TAP Trail, a 2.57-mile

long off-road trail that will connect to existing trails and create a
4.1-mile
east-west network across the township.

Northumberland County: City of Sunbury - $640,000 for renovations to
Chestnut
Street to improve pedestrian safety on Truck Route 61 in the City of
Sunbury.
Improvements include replacing sidewalks, curbs, and ADA curb ramps.

Philadelphia
• City of Philadelphia - $984,692 to enable the strategic and sustainable
expansion of Indego, Philadelphia's newest public transportation system, by

deploying 16 new Indego bike share stations in high-demand locations.
• City of Philadelphia - $1 million to construct a 6/10th of a mile,
12-foot-wide trail with landscaping and site amenities along the Delaware
River
between Magee Avenue and Princeton Avenue. The project is part of the East
Coast Greenway.
• City of Philadelphia - $600,000 to remove slip ramps for eastbound and
westbound Baltimore Avenue, which is the school crossing guard location for

Avery D Harrington School. The project will also include green
infrastructure
with a subsurface stormwater retention system, signal upgrades and
bump-outs.
• City of Philadelphia - $250,000 to convert over 27 lane miles into
protected
bicycle facilities by adding flexible delineator posts, a vertical element
proven to better visually and clearly separate vehicle and bicycle space in
the
right of way.

Pike County: Milford Borough - $514,674 to install imprinted concrete
sidewalks
and pedestrian lighting.

Somerset County: Somerset Borough - $428,928 to replace sidewalk sections
within the historic "Uptown District" of Somerset Borough.

Susquehanna County: Lanesboro Borough - $578,200 to replace deteriorated
sidewalks along North Main Street in the borough and construct sidewalks
along
Tannery and Depot Streets adjacent to the Historic Starrucca Viaduct.

Washington County: Charleroi Borough - $975,000 to address deficiencies in
stormwater above and under Route 88 in combination with a PennDOT
betterment
project.

Westmoreland County: Westmoreland County - $1 million to construct 3.4
miles of
rail trail along the former Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad corridor, now
owned by Westmoreland County, in the municipalities of Murrysville and
Export
Borough.

Wyoming County: Nicolson Borough - $630,000 to renovate and replace
sidewalks,
curbing, ADA ramps, and street lighting within a two block section of the
downtown business district.

York County: York County Rail Trail Authority - $883,800 for construction
of a
pedestrian/cycling bridge and ramps over the Codorus Creek at Emig Road as
part
of Northern Extension of Heritage Rail Trail County Park.

MEDIA CONTACT: J.J. Abbott, Governor's Office, 717-783-1116
Rich Kirkpatrick or Erin Waters-Trasatt, PennDOT, 717-783-8800


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