Roxborough, Germantown Ave To Receive $385K From State For Massive 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, four distinct areas around Philadelphia will receive some form of funding thanks to the initiative, including Roxborough.

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 Philadelphia areas have received funding:

• • $725,000 to upgrade six intersections along Cottman Avenue from Caster Avenue to Roosevelt Boulevard.
  • $385,000 to extend the city’s fiber optic network along Germantown Avenue and replace pedestrian countdown signals from Walnut Lane to Washington Lane, Johnson Street to Upsal Street and Seymore Street to Rockland Street, a total of six intersections.
  • $131,000 to install switches and related communication hardware at 29 controllers along Roosevelt Boulevard in order to access and connect to the city’s integrated traffic management system.
  • $290,000 to improve traffic signals at five intersections along West Girard Avenue between College Avenue and 31st Street