Traffic & Transit
Marple, Newtown Get $1.1M From State To Maintain Roads, Bridges
Combined, Marple and Newtown received more than $1.1M from the state in liquid fuels payments to help maintain local roads and bridges.
MARPLE-NEWTOWN, PA — Marple and Newtown townships has received more than $1.1 million combined from the state to help maintain local roads and bridges.
The money is from PennDOT's Municipal Liquid Fuels Program. A total of $500.7 million was committed to municipalities around the state.
"Pennsylvania has the fifth-largest state-maintained road system in the country, and the locally owned network is even larger," PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards said in a statement. "Mobility and safety on all our state's roadways is critical, which is why Governor Wolf has proposed Restore Pennsylvania to improve roadways in all our communities."
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The total amount of funding is formulated based on local population and the number of roads that are locally owned.
Marple's net allocation is $735,814.35. That's based on 79.89 miles of local road and a population of 23,428, per the state.
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Newtown is getting $413,012.12 based on 50.21 miles of road and a population of 12,216.
The funding also helps local municipalities with things like snow removal and road repaving.
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