Mayor O’Connor Announces $1.3 Million in State Grants for the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has awarded DOMI a $250,800 grant to rehabilitate a portion of the Emerald View Trail through the Community Conservation Partnerships Program. Part of the trail was closed following a landslide, and the funding will allow for the restoration of the trail and mitigation of the surrounding area. The Program’s grant requires matching funds from the City, so over $500,000 will be invested in the trail.  

DOMI also received $349,098 for the planning and engineering of the intersection of Liberty Avenue, Main Street and the Bloomfield Bridge in Bloomfield. The grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Multimodal Transportation Fund will allow the City to study and reenvision the intersection.  

An additional City project – the Lincoln Avenue Multimodal Safety and Accessibility Improvement Project - also received funding from DCED’s Multimodal Transportation Fund. The grant provides $750,200 to invest in pedestrian safety upgrades along Lincoln Avenue between Atwell Street and Verona Boulevard.  

“The grants from DCNR and DCED are investments in the safety of our neighborhoods,” said Mayor O’Connor. “This funding will help provide restoration to a popular trail used by families, exploring solutions to make a notoriously complex intersection easier to navigate and improve pedestrian safety along Lincoln Avenue.”  

The grants will be presented to City Council on Wednesday for approval.