2652 Green Light—Go: Pennsylvania's Municipal Signal Partnership Program; invitation to submit applications
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Green Light—Go: Pennsylvania's Municipal Signal Partnership Program; Invitation to Submit Applications [44 Pa.B. 7989]
[Saturday, December 20, 2014]Under 74 Pa.C.S. Chapter 92 (relating to traffic signals) and 75 Pa.C.S. § 9511(e.1) (relating to allocation of proceeds), the Department of Transportation (Department) established the Green Light—Go: Pennsylvania'sMunicipal Partnership Program, also known as the Green Light—Go Program. The Green Light—Go Program is a competitive application requiring a 50% municipal or private cash match for municipalities to request financial assistance for existing traffic signal maintenance and operations activities identified in 75 Pa.C.S. § 9511(e.1).
During Fiscal Year 2015-2016, up to $25 million will be allocated to municipalities for upgrading traffic signals to light-emitting diode technology, performing regional operations such as retiming, developing special event plans and monitoring traffic signals and for maintaining and operating traffic signals.
The Department invites municipalities to submit electronic applications using the form at https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=34F04e-RC8BCXQvLjGrZ7Q. Applications and attachments should be emailed to RA-PDSIGNALFUNDING@pa.gov. The Department will be accepting Green Light—Go Program applications between December 20, 2014, and February 27, 2015.
Additional information on the Green Light—Go Program requirements, guidelines, application evaluation criteria, corridor designations and the Department's corridor prioritization can be found on the Department's traffic signal web site at http://www.dot.state.pa.us/signals.
If municipalities are awarded funding, all invoices and status updates will be requested through the Department's dotGrants system (http://www.dot34.state.pa.us/). Municipalities not currently utilizing the dotGrants system for liquid fuels payments should start the process to get access once the application has been submitted.
Questions should be directed to Daniel Farley, Manager, Traffic Signals and Operational Analysis Unit, Bureau of Maintenance and Operations, Department of Transportation, 400 North Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-0333, RA-PDSIGNALFUNDING@pa.gov.
BARRY J. SCHOCH, PE,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-2652. Filed for public inspection December 19, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
