Wolf admin announces $5M for traffic signal tech to make Pa. roads safer
Clinton, Centre County municipalities benefit from the money, Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said
By John L. Micek – Capital-Star
HARRISBURG, PA – Twenty Pennsylvania municipalities will share in $5 million in state funding that will pay for traffic signal improvements across the commonwealth. And while that may not stop you from muttering dark oaths at the guy who just cut you off on your local highway, it will at least make the trip measurably safer.
The money from the state Department of Transportation’s Traffic Signal Technologies Grant program not only will “help municipalities relieve congestion and traffic flow, they [will] help Pennsylvanians move safely and efficiently,” Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement his office issued Tuesday.
Projects in the mid-state include:
Clinton County
• Porter Township – $86,307 for connection of signals along Route 64 to include I-80 interchange to PennDOT’s unified command and control software
Centre County
• Benner Township – $92,840 for connection of signals along Benner Pike to PennDOT’s unified command and control software;
• College Township – $127,700 for connection of signals along Benner Pike to PennDOT’s unified command and control software; and
• Patton Township – $32,061 for connection of signals along Waddle Rd. to PennDOT’s unified command and control software.
The grant program was established through Act 54 of 2022 and it provides reimbursement to municipalities that have ponied up for traffic signal upgrades, the administration said.
The grant money can be used to cover the cost off new traffic signal systems; adaptive signal control technology; automated traffic signal performance measures, and connection to PennDOT’s unified command and control software, the administration said.
