Marple, Newtown Getting More Than $1M Combined In Liquid Fuels Payments: PennDOT

Marple and Newtown townships will each be getting a chunk of the nearly $466.2 million in liquid fuels money from the state, bringing more than $1 million to the area, PennDOT announced Monday.

Marple Township will get $685,519.39 while Newtown Township will get $384,214.39, according to PennDOT.

The funds are to be used for municipalities to maintain roads and bridges.

Marple has 79.89 miles of road and Newtown has 50.21 miles.

"The funds received through liquid fuels payments are critical to the preservation and improvement of our vast network of locally maintained roads," PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards said in a statement. “They are essential to communities for the upkeep of these vital connections to the state highway and bridge network.”

To be counted as eligible for liquid fuels, a roadway must be formally adopted as a public street by the municipality, meet certain dimension requirements, and be able to safely accommodate vehicles driving at least 15 mph, PennDOT said.

This distribution marks a $20.9 million increase over the $445.3 million distributed in 2016. In 2013, before Act 89 was enacted, municipalities received $320.8 million in liquid fuels payments, PennDOT said.

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