East Pikeland To Receive $9K From State For Route 113 Traffic Signal Upgrades

Governor Tom Wolf announced Monday that 109 municipalities, including several in Montgomery County, will receive $12 million to underwrite the costs of upgrading traffic signals under the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s “Green Light-Go” program.

In total, 20 townships around Chester County will receive some form of funding thanks to the initiative.

Made possible by Act 89, the state’s transportation funding plan, the program establishes partnership agreements between municipalities and PennDOT through which municipalities request up to 50-percent funding for traffic-signal projects, according to Wolf's office.

“State and local partnerships like this are critical to improving traffic flow and safety across the state, and this program helps us meet that goal,” Governor Wolf said in a statement. “Through this investment, communities across the state will benefit from upgraded signals and intersections.”

Under the Green Light-Go program, PennDOT said that projects on corridors with fewer than 10,000 vehicles per day will be managed by the municipality, while PennDOT will manage any project with signals on corridors that have greater than 10,000 vehicles per day.

Both types of projects will require a 50 percent match from the municipality.

The following Chester County municipalities have received funding:

• East Goshen Township — $514,167 to install an adaptive traffic signal system that adjusts signal timing based on traffic conditions on Route 3 (West Chester Pike) at 10 intersections from Route 2010 (East Strasburg Rd) to Route 352 (South Chester Road.
• East Pikeland Township — $9,000 to replace LED modules and improve the traffic signals at the intersections of Route 113 and Coldstream Road, Route 113 and Firehouse Lane, and Route 113 and Pothouse Road.
• East Vincent Township — $165,000 to upgrade the intersection of Route 724 (Schuylkill Road) and Route 1043 (New Street) by adding dedicated left-turn lanes.
• Kennett Township — $65,050 to improve the traffic signals at the intersections of Route 82 (Kailin Road) and Hillendale Road, Route 1 and Exelon Way, Route 1 and McFarlan Road, and Route 1 and Kendal Drive.
• Uwchlan Township — $79,190 to replace inductive loop sensors with a video detection system to control and improve the flow of traffic at three intersections along Route 100 and at nine intersections along Route 113.
• West Whiteland Township — $18,300 to install generator hook-ups and install uninterrupted power supplies at the intersections of Route 30 and Springdale Drive, Route 30 and East Mall Entrance, Route 30 and West Mall Entrance/Iron Lake Boulevard, Route 30 and Whiteland Towne Center, Route 30 and Campbell Boulevard, and Route 30 and Oaklands Boulevard.
• West Whiteland Township – $22,000 to improve maintenance at 27 signalized intersections throughout the township.