Gov. Wolf Announces $33 Million in Traffic Signal Improvement Funding

| May 12, 2017

HARRISBURG, Pa.  – Governor Tom Wolf announced Thursday that 94 municipalities will receive $33 million to support the costs of upgrading traffic signals under the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “Green Light-Go” program.

“This is the third round of funding disbursed to support increased safety and mobility across more Pennsylvania towns,” Governor Wolf said. “The Green Light-Go program addresses a fundamental trigger for congestion, deficient traffic signals, and the results will mean better traffic flow.”

These reimbursement grant awards can be used on existing traffic signals to installing light-emitting diode (LED) technology, performing regional operations such as retiming, 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.

Following is a list of funding recipients in the region, the amount of state funding, and a brief description of the projects.

Note the state funding represents only part of the total project funding:

Butler County:

•     Connoquenessing Township – $160,000 for Traffic Signal Upgrades along State Route 68 at Kriess Road and Eagle Mill Road.

•     Cranberry Township — $138,240 for Installation of Adaptive Traffic Signal Equipment and Software along the State Route 19 Corridor.

•     Cranberry Township — $612,050 for Traffic Signal Upgrade along State Route 19 at St. Francis Way.

Crawford County:

• Meadville — $798,341 for Traffic Signal Replacement along Water Street at Chestnut Street, Center Street and Arch Street.

Mercer County:

• Greenville Borough — $188,200 for Traffic Signal Replacement along Main Street (SR 0018) at Prairie Street.

• West Middlesex Borough — $42,160 for Detection System Upgrade along New Castle Road at Main Street.


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