Northampton County municipalities have been awarded more than $3 million through Pennsylvania’s Multimodal Transportation Fund Program (MTF) to improve roads and pedestrian safety, state officials announced Tuesday.
According to a news release from state Sen. Lisa Boscola’s (D-18) office, the funding will help pay for nine projects in communities located throughout the 18th Senate District.
One of those nine communities is the borough of Freemansburg, which will receive $350,000 for pedestrian and vehicular safety improvements along Main Street, Boscola’s office said.
The City of Bethlehem was awarded $900,000 to develop multimodal connections along Third Street and Bethlehem Township will receive more than $340,000 to fund an emergency pre-emption traffic signal. Other municipalities getting funds include Wilson borough, the City of Easton, Lower Nazareth Township, Plainfield Township, Stockertown borough and Wind Gap borough.
“These state funds will have a tremendous impact on in making critically needed roadway improvements and pedestrian safety enhancements throughout Northampton County,” Boscola said in a statement. “Working with my legislative colleagues of both parties and both chambers made bringing this funding back to the Valley a reality.”
The projects’ funding was approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, which created the MTF to promote economic development and ensure safe, reliable transportation throughout the state.
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