Wolf Administration Approves Funding for 21 Municipalities to Improve Traffic Safety

Wolf Administration Approves Funding for 21 Municipalities to Improve
Traffic Safety

6/9/2017-HARRISBURG

Governor Tom Wolf today announced that nearly 21 municipalities will
receive $6
million in Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) funding to fund 27 safety

projects statewide.

"Keeping people moving is about more than improving roads and bridges – it
also
includes ensuring that traffic signals are operating as efficiently as
possible," Governor Wolf said. "These investments help communities bring
their
signals to today's standards and better respond to traffic demands today
and in
the future."

Under state law, fines from red light violations at 30 intersections in
Philadelphia supply the grant funding. Pennsylvania's ARLE program aims to
improve safety at signalized intersections by providing automated
enforcement
at locations where data shows red-light running has been an issue.

The law specifies that projects improving safety, enhancing mobility and
reducing congestion can be considered for funding. Municipalities submitted

more than 140 applications, totaling approximately $29.8 million.

Projects were selected by an eight-member committee based on criteria such
as
benefits and effectiveness, cost, local and regional impact, and cost
sharing.

This investment brings the total investments awarded through the ARLE
funding
program since 2010 to $45.4 million, funding 298 safety projects.

For more information and to see the recipients list, visit the "Traffic
Signals, Management" page under "Travel In PA" at www.penndot.gov, or email

RA-PDSIGNALFUNDING@pa.gov.

Following is a county-by-county list of ARLE funding recipients, the amount
of
state funding, and a brief description of the projects:

Bucks County:
• Lower Makefield Township -- $59,000 to retime and interconnect with fiber

communication the traffic signals at the intersections of Yardley-Newtown
Road
at Mirror Lake Road and Creamery Road.
• Lower Makefield Township -- $260,000 to upgrade the existing traffic
signal
at the intersection of Route 2024 (Big Oak Road) and Makefield Road by
installing emergency pre-emption and upgrading pedestrian facilities
between
school zones.
• Lower Southampton Township -- $149,388 to install an enhanced pedestrian
crossing using a rectangular rapid flashing device – which alerts drivers
and
pedestrians that pedestrians may cross – with a physical median island and
left-turn restriction at the intersection of Bustleton Pike and Bridle Path

Lane.

Butler County:
• Connoquenessing Township -- $187,000 to replace the existing traffic
signal
at the intersection of Route 68 and Kriess Road to accommodate additional
lanes.
• Cranberry Township -- $52,708 to install adaptive traffic signal system
software along the Freedom Road and Rochester Road corridors.
• Slippery Rock Borough -- $167,260 to upgrade the existing traffic signal
at
the intersection of Main Street and Keisler Road by installing 12" signal
heads
with LEDs, pedestrian countdown signals and facilities that are ADA
accessible,
as well as pre-emption.

Cambria County: Upper Yoder Township -- $195,967 to upgrade existing
traffic
signal and "signal ahead" flasher along Woodmont Road at Menoher Boulevard.

Centre County:
• Boggs Township -- $2,900 to replace faded pavement markings at the
intersection of Route 144 and Route 504.
• Patton Township -- $108,964 to upgrade and replace the school zone
flasher
and warning system along Valley Vista Drive between Park Forest Middle
School
and Little Lion Drive.

Chester County:
• East Bradford Township -- $78,700 to upgrade pedestrian facilities at the

intersection of Hannum Avenue and Bradford Plaza Shopping Center.
• Easttown Township -- $553,329 to upgrade and install adaptive traffic
signal
system along four intersections in the Lancaster Avenue Corridor. These
include
the intersections with Bridge Avenue/Old Lancaster Road, the Cassatt Avenue

pedestrian bridge/Waterloo Avenue, Midland Avenue/Old Lancaster Road, and
Waterloo Road.
• Penn Township -- $48,862 to replace the LEDs along Old Baltimore Pike and

Jennersville Road Corridors.

Crawford County:
• Meadville -- $32,520 to upgrade pedestrian facilities at the
intersections of
Main Street and Linden Street, Washington Street and Hickory Street and at
State Street.
• West Mead Township -- $4,301 to implement safety improvements at the
intersection of Leslie Road and Blooming Valley Road.

Erie County: Albion Borough -- $223,056 to replace the existing traffic
signal
at the intersection of Route 18 and Route 6.

Luzerne County: Kingston Township -- $126,240 to upgrade pedestrian
facilities
by installing ADA-compliant curb ramps, LED pedestrian facilities and new
pavement markings at the intersection of Route 309 and Franklin Street.

Mifflin County: Derry Township -- $391,000 to install a traffic signal at
the
intersection of Ferguson Valley Road and West Freedom Avenue.

Montour County: Danville Borough -- $211,900 to upgrade the existing
traffic
signal at the intersection of Walnut Street and Railroad Street by
installing
signal heads, back plates, conduit and wiring, camera detection for
left-turn
phasing and new ADA pedestrian facilities.

Philadelphia:
• $300,000 to improve sight distance between drivers and pedestrians and
provide safer pedestrian connections to transit stops at the intersections
of
Roosevelt Boulevard with Cottman Avenue, Rhawn Street, Welsh Road, Grant
Avenue
and Red Lion Road.
• $200,000 to provide for the restoration of roughly 29 miles of the city's

historic streets inventory to improve vehicular flow including bicycles and

crosswalks within the City of Philadelphia.
• $500,000 for the city to perform safety audits and evaluations at target
locations where there are disproportionate numbers of crashes at
intersections
and corridors as well as installing an enhanced pedestrian crossing using
rectangular rapid flashing beacons at these same locations throughout the
City
of Philadelphia.
• $1.2 million to design and construct intersection modifications to help
slow
traffic, improve sight distance between drivers and pedestrians and to
reduce
pedestrian crossing time at five or six intersections to be identified by
the
City of Philadelphia.
• $500,000 to install pedestrian countdown signals at 60 intersections
throughout the City of Philadelphia.
• $300,000 to perform safety audits at 15 intersections around Eakins Oval
and
to implement low cost safety improvements such as identified bicycle zones,

minor signal timing changes, street lighting upgrades and minor curb and
sidewalk upgrades.

Warren County: Tidioute Borough -- $15,493 to install four solar flashing
school zone beacons to improve student and resident safety within the
school
zone along Main Street and Jefferson Street.

Wyoming County: Eaton Township -- $58,400 to replace poles, mast arms and
lighting fixtures on the Route 29 bridge to improve pedestrian safety
across
the bridge.

York County: Glen Rock Borough -- $75,344 to upgrade the existing traffic
signal at the intersection of Baltimore Street and Manchester Street by
installing three new signal poles with new signal heads, a conflict
monitor, a
pre-emption system and a new cabinet.

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