Traffic & Transit
Tredyffrin, Easttown Get $1.3M To Maintain Roads, Bridges
Combined, Tredyffrin and Easttown got more than $1.3M from the state in liquid fuels payments to help maintain local roads and bridges.
TREDYFFRIN-EASTTOWN, PA — Tredyffrin and Easttown townships have received a combined $1.3 million 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.
Tredyffrin's net allocation is $944,216.41. That's based on 106.72 miles of local road and a population of 29,332, per the state.
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Easttown got $371,154.63 based on 48 miles of road and a population of 10,447.
The funding also helps local municipalities with things like snow removal and road repaving.
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