1943 Invitation to submit applications under the Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) Transportation Enhancement Grants Program
Invitation to Submit Applications Under the Automated Red Light Enforcement Transportation Enhancement Grants Program [40 Pa.B. 5874]
[Saturday, October 9, 2010]The Department of Transportation (Department) published at 39 Pa.B. 4435 (August 1, 2009) a proposed rulemaking relating to the establishment of a Transportation Enhancement Grant Program to be funded from revenues generated from automated red light enforcement (ARLE) system revenues under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3116 (relating to automated red light enforcement systems in first class cities).
On September 16, 2010, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission approved the Department's final-form rulemaking and the final-form rulemaking has been deemed approved by the House and Senate Transportation Committees. As the Department moves forward through the final steps of promulgation, the Department is inviting city, county and municipal governments, and other local boards or bodies with authority to enact laws relating to traffic in this Commonwealth, to submit ARLE grant applications for the initial period until November 30, 2010, in accordance with the parameters delineated in the proposed rulemaking, so that the review of grant applications may proceed and grants may be awarded expeditiously after the rulemaking becomes effective after final approval by the Office of Attorney General and upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
Applications can be obtained at ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/Bureaus/HighwaySafety/ARLE%20Grant%20Application.doc.
Additional guidance information can be found on the Department's Traffic Signal Resource Portal located at http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Portal%20Information/Traffic %20Signal%20Portal%20(9-14-2009)_files/Automated_ Red_Light_Enforcement.htm.
Completed applications should be submitted electronically to ARLE_Grants@state.pa.us and followed by the submission of a hard copy. Any questions should be directed to Larry Shifflet, Director, Bureau of Program Development and Management, 400 North Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-2862, ARLE_ Grants@state.pa.us.
No grant offer can be awarded until after the final-form rulemaking completes the regulatory review process and the final rulemaking is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
ALLEN D. BIEHLER, P. E.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1943. Filed for public inspection October 8, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
