(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Nearly one million dollars has been awarded to the city of Pittsburgh to completely replace a pair of traffic signals in the downtown area, as announced by Democratic Senate leader Jay Costa on Tuesday.

The funding for the traffic upgrades come from the Automated Red Light Enforcement program run by PennDOT. The two intersections that will be receiving complete replacement will be the intersection of Brownsville Road and Becks Run Road/Biscayne Drive, and the intersection of Ward Street and the Boulevard of the Allies.

Additionally, nearly $300,000 was awarded to the borough of Edgewood for improvements to the Braddock Avenue corridor.

No date for the beginning of the renovations was announced.