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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) PennDOT announced that around $20.4 million will go to twenty-five municipalities across the state for thirty-one safety projects for Automated Red-Light Enforcement. This funding brings the total to around $162 million through a program supported by the Shapiro Administration. The Automated Red-Light Enforcement program works to increase safety at intersections with signals. Twenty-four applications were submitted by municipalities with requests of $33.5 million. According to a release from PennDOT, here are the projects that were approved:

Allegheny County

• Bethel Park Borough: $77,643 for a capacity and safety project at the intersection of Library Road (Route 88) and Kings School Road.
• City of Pittsburgh: $647,050 for the modernization of the traffic signal at the intersection of East General Robinson Street and Sandusky Street as well as a road diet with pedestrian safety improvements in the North Shore neighborhood.
• City of Pittsburgh: $335,982 for the construction of a new traffic signal at the intersection of Centre Avenue and North Dithridge Street located in the North Oakland neighborhood near the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon campuses.
• Richland Township: $235,000 for new traffic signal installation at the intersection of Gibsonia Rd (Route 910) and Community Center Drive.

Bedford County

• Bedford Township: $556,834 to modernize traffic signals at eight intersections, replace six flashing approach lights, install traffic signs on a rural road with curves, and install camera surveillance for the Belden Road bridge.

Bucks County

• Penndel Borough: $350,990 for traffic signal modernization at the intersection of Durham Road (Route 2049) and Lincoln Highway (Route 2037).
• Upper Southampton Township: $837,449 for traffic signal modernization along Street Road (Route 132) and the two closely spaced intersections of Davisville Road and Maple Avenue.
• Northampton Township: $760,100 to improve pedestrian safety and operational efficiency at the intersections of Buck Road (Route 532 and Middle Holland Road/Stoney Ford Road, as well as Buck Road and East Village Road/West Village Road.

Butler County

• Center Township: $563,970 to fully replace the traffic signal equipment at the intersection of Route 8 and Beech Road to meet modern day operational and safety standards.

Clearfield County

• Morris Township: $101,250 for a safety upgrade to the existing traffic signal at the intersection of Philipsburg-Bigler Highway (Route 53) & Ninth Street (Route 2043) Troy Hill Road

Delaware County

• Swarthmore Borough: $388,560 for a full modernization at the intersection of North Chester Road (Route 320) and College Avenue to upgrade traffic signal structures and equipment, including ADA facilities.

Lackawanna County

• City of Scranton: $104,004 to update the traffic signal for Washburn and Main Avenue to include high-visibility crosswalks and installation of no-parking pavement markings where parking is not permitted.

Lancaster County

• Mount Joy Borough: $296,969 to install two crosswalks and ten shared lane markings near the Mount Joy shopping center.

Lehigh County

• Upper Macungie Township: $317,600 to upgrade 13 intersections to camera or radar signal detections.
• City of Allentown: $1.9 million to redesign a 1.2 mile stretch of South Jefferson Street between Elm and Lehigh Streets, to reduce to two lanes with a central turning lane and install dedicated bike lanes.

Luzerne County

• Laurel Run Borough: $103,781 to implement a mid-block pedestrian crossing over East Northampton Street (Route 2007) at Giant’s Despair/Heritage Park.

Mercer County

• City of Sharon: $85,000 to update traffic signal equipment at 17 intersections.
• City of Sharon: $120,000 to increase overall vehicular and pedestrian safety at the intersection of North Sharpsville Avenue and Pitt Street.

Montgomery County

• Lower Merion Township: $630,921 for traffic signal modernization and pedestrian safety improvements at Lancaster Avenue (Route 30) and Church Road.
• Upper Hanover Township- $485,600 for full traffic signal modernization and minor widening at the intersection of Route 663 and Schoolhouse Road/Montgomery Avenue.

Philadelphia County

• City of Philadelphia: $1.5 million to continue the Slow Zone program and bring the speed management toolkit to two neighborhoods experiencing high rates of crash-related injuries and deaths. The Indiana project area is located in the Fairhill/West Kensington neighborhood in the area of Allegheny Avenue, Front Street, Lehigh Avenue, and Second Street. The Hestonville project area is located in West Philadelphia in the area of Lancaster Avenue, 52nd Street, Girard Ave, and 54th Street.
• City of Philadelphia: $2 million to continue the “Signal Integration” program and to focus this program on City Avenue, between Presidential Boulevard and 77th Street. which currently runs as adaptive response signal control. With updated signal integration via fiber, the corridor will be retimed and operated via ATMS.  Funds may also be used to supplement similar signal integration projects throughout the City.
• City of Philadelphia: $1.5 million to improve safety for transit users at intersections along SEPTA’s Trolley Modernization corridors. Proposed work will improve sight distance, reduce pedestrian crossing time, and allocate additional right-of-way time for transit. This project will be concentrated on remaining intersections with high crash clusters along Lancaster Avenue from 40th Street to 52nd Street, Woodland Avenue from 50th Street to Cemetery Avenue, and Baltimore Avenue from 54th Street to 61st Street.
• City of Philadelphia: $2 million to construct modern roundabouts at two or more locations citywide, replace geometrically over-capacity or overly complex signalized intersections having adequate existing right-of-way. Proposed locations are 11th & Wagner Avenue and 10th & Fisher Avenue.
• City of Philadelphia: $3.6 million for Roosevelt Blvd Parallel Corridor Intersection Modifications. The program will fund design and construction at several locations, which be determined by project viability, crash data, and funding gaps for projects currently underway. Possible corridors for intersection improvements include Castor Ave (from Van Kirk to Cottman) Rising Sun Ave (from Van Kirk to Cottman Ave), and Adams Ave (from Rising Sun to Roosevelt). Other corridors and intersections may be considered in the vicinity of Roosevelt Blvd, depending on need. This project will help to slow traffic at intersections, improve sight distance between drivers and pedestrians, and reduce pedestrian vulnerability by reducing pedestrian crossing times.

Schuykill County

• Butler Township- $20,280 for a purchase of four “Radar Sign Safety in a Box” kits to help reduce excessive speeds as well as the frequency and severity of motor vehicle accidents on Fairgrounds Road and Fountain Street.

Washington County

• North Strabane Township: $116,000 for installation of speed management devices along McDowell Lane and Demar Boulevard.
• Peters Township: $219,998 for traffic signal modernization at the intersection of Washington Road (Route 91) andGallery Drive to enhance safety and mobility using modern technology and design.

Westmoreland County

• Murrysville Borough: $374,850 to replace all the older style LED vehicular and pedestrian signal heads at 11 intersections. This project will also include new power supply units at each intersection.
• City of Greensburg: $141,875 to increase the safety and mobility at the intersections of South Main Street (Route 119) and Euclid Avenue/Mt.Pleasant Street; and E. Pittsburgh Street (Route 130) and Urania Avenue by installing radar detection and a left turn arrow.

York County

• West Manchester Township: $74,806 to improve intersection safety by installing left turn arrows and to install radar detectors and allow the application of Dilemma Zone Protection on the Route 30 mainline.