5/12/17
by News Department on 05/12/17Traffic signal grant...
On Thursday, Governor Tom Wolf announced that 94 municipalities in Pennsylvania will receive $33 million to support the costs of upgrading traffic signals under the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “Green Light-Go” program.
Five of those municipalities are in Schuylkill County and include Saint Clair Borough, Pottsville, Minersville Borough, Foster and Cass Township.
These reimbursement grant awards can be used on existing traffic signals to installing LED technology, performing regional operations such as re-timing, developing special event plans and monitoring traffic signals, as well as upgrading traffic signals to the latest technologies.
Act 101 of 2016 recently provided updates to the program by reducing the applicant match to 20 percent, expanding eligible applicants to planning partners and counties, and allowing all projects to be led by applicants.
Green Light-Go was made possible by Act 89, the far-reaching transportation plan adopted in November 2013.
