Norristown Awarded $200K In State Grants For Infrastructure

NORRISTOWN, PA — More than $12 million in grants were awarded to municipalities across Montgomery County for trail development and infrastructure projects. Among those projects was a $200,000 grant to rehabilitate manholes across Norristown.

The 31 awards came via six different state grant programs, supporting a wide variety of programs throughout the county.

“These grants are critical to our local municipalities’ ability to make needed infrastructure improvements,” said Montgomery County Planning Commission Executive Director Jody Holton. “These communities are taking the initiative and implementing projects in their plans.”

A full rundown of the grants is included below:

• Cheltenham Township – Brookdale Avenue Pump Replacement: $100,000

• Pottstown – Memorial Park Playground and Site Access Improvements: $200,000
• Royersford – Riverfront Park and Trail Phase III: $100,000 West-Mont United Soccer – WMUSA Hilltop Soccer Complex Site Improvements: $100,000

Watershed Restoration & Protection

• Upper Moreland Township – Fair Oaks Basin: $200,000
• Dublin Villa Development, LLC – St. Mary’s Stream Restoration & Dam Removal: $215,000
• Lansdale Borough – Whites Rd. Park Stormwater Retrofit/Floodplain Restoration: $100,000
• Abington Township – Ardsley Wildlife Sanctuary Water Quality Improvements: $100,000

H2O PA Water/Sewer Grants: $433,430

• North Wales Water Authority – Sewer Lateral Rehab Program: $433,430

Business in our Sites

• Montco Redevelopment Authority – Spring House Innovation Park: $4,000,000

Gaming Funds

• Montco Redevelopment Authority – Ambler Lakeview Feasibility Study: $200,000
• Norristown Municipal Waste Authority – Manhole Rehabilitation Project Phase II: $200,000

Small Water and Sewer

• West Pottsgrove Township – Morello Drive/Roberts Drive Sanitary Sewer Replacement: $326,400
• Jenkintown Borough – Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation: $150,000
• Cheltenham Township – Elkins Park/Melrose Park Sewer Main Spot Repairs: $200,000
• Abington Township – Sanitary Rehab Repair 16: $100,000
• Conshohocken Borough Authority – Sanitary Sewer Interceptor Rehab Project: $404,750
• Lower Merion Township – Ardmore Pump Station Rehabilitation: $200,000
• Upper Merion Township – Trout Run Interceptor Bank Rehabilitation Project: $32,733
• Upper Pottsgrove Township – North Hanover Street Sewer Lining: $85,000
• Plymouth Township – Plymouth Interceptor Phase III: $100,000
• Upper Providence Township – Willowbrooke Lane Sanitary Sewer: $150,000
• East Norriton Township – Norris City Avenue Pump Station Sanitary Sewer Force Main Replacement: $88,127

• Whitpain Township – Pump Station Scada: $29,140

Multimodal Transportation Program

• Abington Township – Connecting Abington & Jenkintown: A Complete Streets Plan: $1,000,000
• Trappe Borough – LED Street Light Replacement: $72,710
• Horsham Township – Horsham Road/Limekiln Pike IntersectionImprovement: $1,000,000
• Towamencin Township – Forty Foot Road Roadway ImprovementProject: $825,000

• Upper Dublin Township – Fort Washington Cross-County Trail & Road Diet Mid-Section: $800,000
• Whitemarsh Township – P-W High School Safe Routes to Schools: $250,000
• Worcester Township – Turnpike Sound Barriers: $1,000,000

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