State grants awarded for road projects in Greene, Allegheny
State Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Elizabeth Township, is shown at his swearing-in ceremony in Harrisburg.
Rep. Pam Snyder
Several state grants were awarded Tuesday through the state Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund Program. for projects in Greene and Allegheny counties.
A $400,000 state grant has been awarded to assist with Phase II of the South Park R&D main access road project in South Park Township, state Rep. Mike Puskaric, R-Elizabeth, said
The grant will allow for the redevelopment of the former Consol Energy Research Center site into a multifaceted location that will include apartment buildings, single-family housing townhomes and retail space.
Phase II of the project will consist of the construction of an additional traffic lane and a traffic signal at the intersection of Brownsville and Library Road at the Library Light Rail Station.
Additional road work will include an extension to Pinnacle Way and a public roadway and sidewalks to access new proposed commercial development at the site.
Nearly $540,000 in state funding was awarded for road improvement projects in Greene County, announced state Rep. Pam Snyder, D-Jefferson.
Snyder said $198,499 was awarded to Washington Township for a road improvement project along Long Mile Road to repair and improve the damage done by a 2016 landslide. Originally a two-lane road, approximately 100 yards – where the landslide occurred – of Long Mile Road is wide enough for only one vehicle. The proposed improvements will rectify this problem, removing the slide material from the roadway, installing subsurface drains and a collection pipe, stabilizing the slope face and more.
An additional $90,000 was awarded to Waynesburg Borough to repair a 100-foot section of the southbound lane of Liberty Avenue. Snyder said the combined roadway acts as a multi-municipal connector carrying cars, school buses, trucks, bicyclists and walkers between two municipalities.
Lastly, $250,000 was awarded to Waynesburg University to construct a pedestrian link between the campus and the High Street business corridor via Church Street from East Franklin Street to East High Street. Snyder said the pedestrian link will create an attractive, safe walkway for pedestrians going to and from the university. The project will consist of constructing a stairway railing, aluminum fencing, electric lighting, storm-water management and landscaping.