PAOLI, PA — Tredyffrin Township will receive $639,400 in state funding to upgrade traffic detection at eight intersections along and near Lancaster Avenue, targeting recurring delays on a corridor that connects residential neighborhoods, commercial areas and the Paoli Transit Center.
The Green Light-Go grant will fund detection-system improvements at Lancaster Avenue and Plank Avenue, Paoli Pike, Valley Road, Darby Road and Paoli Shopping Center Drive.
The project also covers Bear Hill Road and Leopard Road, Leopard Road and Paoli Shopping Center Drive, and Bear Hill Road and Central Avenue/Friendship Drive.
State Rep. Melissa Shusterman, D-Chester, indicated that inactive detection and adaptive traffic-control functions have contributed to routine delays at several intersections within the system.
“This grant will allow the township to improve traffic management and flow for a busy travel route which connects surrounding residential communities with local businesses, access to main highways and the Paoli Transit Center,” Shusterman stated.
She described the transit center as the area’s principal public transportation hub for SEPTA and Amtrak service and credited the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation with recognizing the need for safer and more efficient intersections.
Green Light-Go is a competitive PennDOT grant program supporting improvements to existing traffic signals. Municipal applicants must provide a 20% local match.
Eligible projects include signal retiming, traffic detection and controller upgrades, signal communication systems, corridor monitoring, modernization work and intelligent transportation technologies.
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