Updated at 10 a.m. with program recipients
PennDOT’s “Green Light-Go” program got a boost on Monday, May 16, as Gov. Tom Wolf announced that 109 municipalities would receive $12 million to underwrite the costs of upgrading traffic signals.
Made possible by Act 89, the state’s transportation funding plan, the program establishes partnership agreements between municipalities and PennDOT through which municipalities request up to 50 percent of the funding for traffic-signal projects, said a PennDOT press release.
“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,” said Wolf in the release. “Through this investment, communities across the state will benefit from upgraded signals and intersections.”
During this fiscal year, grants can be used for installing light-emitting diode (LED) technology, performing regional operations such as re-timing, developing special event plans and monitoring traffic signals, as well as upgrading traffic signals to the latest technologies, the release said.
The area recipients include East Goshen Township, which received $514,167 to install an adaptive traffic signal system that adjusts signal timing based on traffic conditions on Route 3 at 10 intersections from East Strasburg Rd to Route 352; Kennett Township, which will get $65,050 f to improve the traffic signals at the intersections of Route 82 and Hillendale Road, Route 1 and Exelon Way, Route 1 and McFarlan Road, and Route 1 and Kendal Drive; and West Whiteland Township, which will receive $18,300 to install generator hook-ups and install uninterrupted power supplies at the intersections of Route 30 and Springdale Drive, Route 30 and East Mall Entrance, Route 30 and West Mall Entrance/Iron Lake Boulevard, Route 30 and Whiteland Towne Center, Route 30 and Campbell Boulevard, and Route 30 and Oaklands Boulevard as well as $22,000 to improve maintenance at 27 signalized intersections throughout the township, according to a press release from state Sen. Andrew Dinniman, D-19.
Under the Green Light-Go program, projects on corridors with fewer than 10,000 vehicles per day will be managed by the municipality, and PennDOT will manage any project with signals on corridors that have greater than 10,000 vehicles per day. Both types of projects will require a 50 percent match from the municipality.
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