Montgomery County awards grants for 17 projects

The Montgomery County Commissioners recently announced they awarded $968,361 in Montgomery County Transportation Program grants for the 2018 selection cycle to 17 projects in 13 municipalities.

This is the program’s first line of grants. Funding was made available through the county’s $5 Vehicle Registration Revenue Fee.

“These grants provide additional support to our municipalities to help them improve their traffic and pedestrian infrastructure,” Val Arkoosh, chairwoman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, said. “The awards will also create savings which will support many other worthwhile municipal projects. Even though they may not always be visible to the motoring public, these projects are important to maintaining the smooth flow of people and goods throughout the county.”

Municipalities were required to provide local matching funds, and projects were approved within the last two years through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Green Light-Go program.

Green Light-Go projects are traffic signal upgrade and improvement projects.

Projects were evaluated on numerous criteria including how the grant-award savings will be utilized, funding support, project readiness, and the impact on the traveling public’s commute.

The largest award was $200,000 to Upper Dublin Township for the Welsh Road Corridor Fiber Optic/Signal Upgrade project. The project will install more than five miles of fiber optic cable.