(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Washington D.C.) Congressman Chris Deluzio celebrated today that funding for eight more of his community projects was signed into law by President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. The Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development spending bill that President Trump signed yesterday included over $6.8 million in federal funds for key transportation and community development projects in Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District. According to a release in Washington D.C. from Deluzio’s office, the $6,888,581 in funding passed into law breaks down across the following eight projects:
- $2,000,000 for the Borough of Aspinwall to create a safer intersection by realigning Brilliant Ave at Freeport Rd and the entrance to Allegheny RiverTrail Park–
formerly known as Aspinwall Riverfront Park - $1,338,581 for the Borough of Crafton to implement a streetscaping and pedestrian safety project along Crafton Blvd, from Noble Ave to Baldwick Rd
- $850,000 for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to replace the existing Verona Bridge in the Municipality of Penn Hills, located on Verona Rd between Mt. Carmel Rd and Lincoln Rd.
- $850,000 for Allegheny County to extend Panhandle Trail by about 3.4 miles by acquiring and converting inactive Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad property from Genesse and Wyoming, Inc. (G&W) in the Borough of Carnegie
- $850,000 for Mt. Lebanon Municipality to upgrade and expand their existing community recreation center, focusing on accessibility upgrades
- $500,000 for Churchill Borough to build an all-inclusive, fully accessible playground
- $250,000 for the Borough of Sewickley to implement the Sewickley Road Safety Improvement Project, which aims to monitor and eliminate
roadways vulnerable to landslides - $250,000 for Ben Avon Borough to install a rooftop solar photovoltaic system on a borough-owned building