Hatboro Gets $739K From State For Walking Paths, Sidewalks

HATBORO, PA — Hatboro has been awarded a sizable grant from the state to improve walking paths and sidewalks in the borough.

The $739,704 grant will focus on the Crooked Billet elementary area, and will cover the construction of a six-foot wide asphalt walking path, ADA curb ramps, a five-foot-wide concrete sidewalk, and stormwater drainages.

"Our citizens are taking advantage of an array of trails and improvements that enhance the state’s quality of life, and these new investments will build on our successes in making Pennsylvania an attractive place to live and work," PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards said in a statement announcing the funding.

The project is just one of 82 similar projects being funded with $66.8 million in funding from the Surface Transportation Block Grant program. The program provides funding for projects and activities defined as transportation alternatives, including on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects for improving non-driver access to public transportation and enhanced mobility, community improvement activities, environmental mitigation, trails that serve a transportation purpose, and safe routes to school projects.

Several other Montgomery County projects received funding as well.

PennDOT evaluated the applications and made selections based on such criteria as safety benefits, reasonableness of cost, readiness for implementation, statewide or regional significance, integration of land use and transportation decision making, collaboration with stakeholders, and leverage of other projects or funding.

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