PennDOT announced on Monday, Dec. 22, that 38 municipalities, including one in Delaware County and three in Chester County, will receive a total of $1.8 million to underwrite the costs of upgrading traffic signals under the new “Green Light-Go” program.
In addition, PennDOT is now accepting applications from municipalities for the second round of Green Light-Go funding.
“Improving traffic signals will pay significant dividends for residents and travelers across Pennsylvania,” said PennDOT Secretary Barry J. Schoch. “Green Light-Go will be an ongoing program that will help traffic move better and eliminate needless travel delays.”
During the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2015, up to $25 million will be allocated to municipalities for installing light-emitting diode (LED) technology, performing operations such as retiming, developing special event plans and upgrading technology.
The application period runs from Dec. 20 to Feb. 27. Materials about applying for the program can be found at www.dot.state.pa.us/signals.
Under the Green Light-Go program, the municipality will manage projects on corridors with fewer than 10,000 vehicles per day, 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.
In addition to facilitating local improvements, PennDOT will also use first-round Green Light-Go funding for a comprehensive traffic signal asset data collection project that will assemble data about traffic signals statewide. This effort will take existing data from PennDOT, municipalities, contractors, and others to create one complete record.
The department will use the combined data for its new electronic statewide Traffic Signal Asset Management System, which will be available to all municipalities at no cost.
In Chester County, Uwchlan and Valley Townships received state funds to upgrade traffic signals and add LEDS, as did West Chester Borough, which was awarded $57,078 to upgrade 26 traffic signals within the borough to LEDs. In Delaware County, only Ridley Park Borough received funds: $14,000 to upgrade three traffic signals and two school zone signals along North Swarthmore Avenue to LEDs.
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