Salisbury: More than $7.1 million awarded for multiple District 34 projects
Rep. Abigail Salisbury October 22, 2024 | 4:07 PM
BRADDOCK, Oct. 22 – New funding of $7.1 million from the Commonwealth Financing Authority will support multiple infrastructure and revitalization projects across the 34th Legislative District, state Rep. Abigail Salisbury announced today.
“It’s exciting to see new funding coming home to support projects to repair our roads, improve our wastewater services, transform vacant properties into public spaces and revitalize our downtown centers.” Salisbury said. “These are investments that address real-life needs, expand access to jobs and community services and make life safer and more promising for residents.”
Salisbury said the grants by region – awarded from Statewide Local Share Account funding – include:
Braddock Borough
$125,762 to purchase a police cruiser and public skid loader; $125,000 for Phase II of a sanitary sewer rehabilitation project; and $72,000 to purchase and install new residential water meters.
Chalfant Borough
$225,000 for road resurfacing and $175,000 for municipal building renovations.
Churchill Borough
$124,950 for school zone radar warning signs.
East Pittsburgh Borough
$306,000 to purchase a building and land for the National Museum of Broadcasting.
Edgewood Borough
$425,000 for municipal complex improvements.
Forest Hills Borough
$650,000 to renovate the main park pool office and locker room.
North Braddock Borough
$250,000 to construct a separate storm sewer along O’Connell Boulevard.
Pittsburgh/Regent Square
$450,000 to Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for Regent Square sewer repairs.
Rankin Borough
$250,000 for a sanitary sewer rehabilitation project and $158,000 for Phase II of improvements to the municipal building.
Swissvale Borough
$350,000 to renovate the Wilkins Community Center; $300,000 to Rivers of Steel Heritage Corp. for electrical expansion of the Carrie Blast Furnaces; $300,000 to purchase and renovate a building at 2028 Noble St. to allow the Swissvale Food Pantry to continue their operations; $250,000 for the M-48 stormwater and groundwater remediation project; and $35,000 for a traffic calming study to address residents’ concerns about speeding.
Wilkins Township
$300,000 to support the Queenston sewer lining project.
Wilkinsburg Borough
$600,000 to help Locally Grown renovate a former school into a community center; $500,000 to help Gwen’s Girls renovate a vacant building into a facility for at-risk women; $450,000 to demolish blighted properties and acquire vacant lots for future development; $300,000 to the borough to purchase a new street sweeper; $236,500 to Wilkinsburg Land Bank to acquire and renovate homes; and $150,000 for multiple improvements to Hunter Park.
Statewide Local Share Account funding comes from the PA Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, which provides for the distribution of gaming revenues through the CFA to support projects in the public interest in Pennsylvania.