(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Mayor Corey O’Connor recently announced that Pittsburgh has now been awarded over $1.3 million in state grants for three infrastructure and mobility projects which will support intersection planning, pedestrian safety improvements and trail restoration across the city. The grants were awarded to the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and they come from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The projects target specific areas in the city which includes the Emerald View Trail, the Bloomfield neighborhood and Lincoln Avenue. One of the grants provides a total of $250,800 to rehabilitate a portion of the Emerald View Trail in Mount Washington through the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, and a section of the trail was previously closed following a landslide. The grant will require matching funds from the city, which will bring the total investment in the trail restoration and surrounding mitigation to over $500,000. The city also received a total of $349,098 for the planning and engineering of a major intersection in Bloomfield. This project focuses on the junction of Liberty Avenue, Main Street and the Bloomfield Bridge and it was funded by the DCED Multimodal Transportation Fund which allows the city to study and reenvision the traffic area. The largest of the three grants provides $750,200 for the Lincoln Avenue Multimodal Safety and Accessibility Improvement Project and this funding will support pedestrian safety upgrades along Lincoln Avenue between Atwell Street and Verona Boulevard on the east side of the city. These grants will be presented to the Pittsburgh City Council for approval today.