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Pennsylvania Governor Announces Traffic Improvement Grants

The grants can be used for installing LED technology, upgrading traffic signals and performing regional operations, such as retiming, developing special event plants and monitoring traffic signals.

(TNS) -- Gov. Tom Wolf Monday announced that 109 municipalities, including those in Cumberland County, will receive $12 million to underwrite the costs of upgrading traffic signals under PennDOT's Green Light-Go program.

The program establishes partnership agreements between municipalities and PennDOT, through which municipalities request up to 50 percent funding for traffic signal projects.

“State and local partnerships like this are critical to improving traffic flow and safety across the state, and this program helps us meet that goal,” Wolf said in a news release. “Through this investment, communities across the state will benefit from upgraded signals and intersections.”

Grants can be used for installing LED technology, upgrading traffic signals and performing regional operations, such as retiming, developing special event plants and monitoring traffic signals.

Cumberland County had a number of funding recipients through the program.

Carlisle Borough will receive $11,250 to install optical emergency pre-emption systems at the intersections of Ritner Highway and Industrial Drive, Ritner and Key Real Estate Warehouse entrance and Ritner and Shearer Drive to improve emergency vehicle pre-emption service.

Monroe Township will receive $7,950 to install an uninterrupted power supply at the intersections of Williams Grove Road at Lisburn Road and York Road at Boiling Springs Road.

Mount Holly Springs will receive $22,000 to replace and relocate the traffic signal pole at the intersection of Route 34 and Mill Street.

Newville Borough will receive $38,976 to upgrade the traffic signal at the intersection of Main Street and High Street with new mast arms, controller cabinet and pedestrian facilities.

North Middleton Township will receive $127,394 to upgrade the intersection of Cavalry Road and Spring Road with new mast arms, pedestrian facilities, a battery back-up system and emergency vehicle pre-emption.

Silver Spring Township will receive $65,595 to improve 11 intersections along the Carlisle Pike, one intersection along Route 994 and seven intersections along Route 114 by installing uninterrupted power supplies.

South Middleton Township will receive $82,282 to replace controllers at the intersections of York Road at Fairview Street and York Road at Westminster Drive; to install emergency pre-emption at certain intersections on Willow Street and Walnut Bottom Road, as well as along York Road; to complete a traffic engineering study to determine optimal signal timing and reconfiguring the controllers at the intersections of Walnut Bottom Road; and to assist with traffic signal maintenance at 13 traffic signals along Allen Road, Walnut Bottom Road, Holly Pike and York Road.

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