Infrastructure upgrades, roadwork projects, and public safety improvements among awards.
HARRISBURG – Sen. Ryan Aument (R-36) announced that nearly $8 million in state grants from the Public School Facility Improvement Grant Program (PSFIG) and Local Share Account (LSA) program were awarded in the 36th Senatorial District.
Both programs are administered by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, which is an independent agency of the Department of Community and Economic Development that administers many of Pennsylvania’s economic development and community improvement programs.
“I was proud to help advocate on behalf of these projects that will make much-needed infrastructure improvements across Lancaster County,” said Aument. “Clean water, safe roads, efficient sewer services, and modernized municipal and school facilities may not make for the flashiest headlines, but these services are critical to ensuring our communities run smoothly and our residents are provided for. As the state senator for northern Lancaster County, I will continue to back projects like these that will improve the lives of the constituents I represent.”
More than a dozen projects in Lancaster County were funded through the CFA’s Local Share Account (LSA) Program, which funds projects concerning the public interest, community improvement, and economic development using gaming money generated by casinos:
- Akron Borough received $245,878 for renovations to its deteriorating municipal garage.
- Columbia Borough received $1 million to renovate a 16,000 square foot prefabricated metal building into its public works facility.
- Earl Township received $225,000 to complete upgrades to nine of the Earl Township Sewer Authority Pumping Station Flow Metering’s sanitary sewer pumping stations.
- East Hempfield Township, on behalf of United Disability Services Foundation, received $772,510 for the purchase of vehicles to support client transportation for use in Lancaster County.
- Elizabethtown Borough, on behalf of the Elizabethtown Area Water Authority, received $263,350 to construct a bypass piping system for its water treatment plant.
- Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority, on behalf of Pleasant View Communities, received $630,000 for facility technology upgrades.
- Lancaster County Redevelopment Authority, on behalf of The Janus School, received $250,000 for technology and infrastructure upgrades to modernize the building located in Mount Joy Borough.
- Manheim Borough received $88,475 to remove the South Oak Street Bridge.
- Manheim Township received $89,853 for the purchase of a vehicle for law enforcement.
- Manheim Township received $209,112 to install a water storage tank at the Barn at Stoner Commons.
- Northwestern Lancaster County Authority received $169,000 to replace the ultraviolet disinfection system at its wastewater treatment facility located in Penn Township.
- Rapho Township received $773,957 for new equipment purchase for the public works department.
- Warwick Township received $400,000 to improve pedestrian mobility along the Clay Road corridor.
- Warwick Township Municipal Authority received $675,000 to renovate a sewer pump station.
Two additional projects were funded through the CFA’s Public School Facilities Improvement Grant (PSFIG) Program, which provides grants to public school districts and area career and technical schools for eligible facility improvement projects:
- Hempfield School District received $1.5 million for a roof repair project at the Landisville Primary Center and the Landisville Middle School facilities.
- Lancaster County Career and Technology Center received $632,054 for a roof repair project at the Mount Joy Campus and Willow Street Campus.
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