Moosic wants to revitalize its Main Street.
Borough council voted this month to seek funding from the state Department of Transportation for a streetscape project to improve the safety and walkability of its Main Street, council President Marilyn French said.
A broken sidwalk along Main St. in Moosic Monday, February 23, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
A vinyl concrete patch mix fills in the cracks on a sidewalk along Main St. between Birney Ave. and N. Third St. in Moosic Monday, February 23, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
A vehicle passes over a crosswalk Main St. in Moosic Monday, February 23, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
A vehicle crosses the railroad tracks on Main St. in Moosic Monday, February 23, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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A broken sidwalk along Main St. in Moosic Monday, February 23, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Moosic officials have been paying attention to downtown revitalization efforts in communities like Pittston and Carbondale, seeing the attention to detail that attracts economic development, she said.
“It’s improving property values and improving our quality of life,” French said. “We want to have a Main Street that we’re really proud of, and right now, there’s so many other things that have been a priority that that kind of fell to the bottom of the list.”
To achieve that revitalization, French said council passed a resolution during its Feb. 9 meeting to apply for grant funding through PennDOT’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the first phase of work spanning from Birney Avenue to North Third Street. The project would cost $1,057,332, French said. The application seeks $813,332 from PennDOT, and Moosic would have to contribute $244,000 as a required match, she said.
Beyond improving pedestrian safety and aesthetics, the grant also would address a water ponding issue at the train tracks cutting across Main Street, she said, explaining it would avoid flooding issues experienced in Moosic’s Greenwood section.
Work would include new sidewalks, new decorative crosswalks, pavers and new, nice light posts, French said.
“Just something to kind of tie it all together and give it the charm that it used to have,” she said.
The long-term goal is to extend those improvements across the entire length of Main Street, ending at the intersection of Lonesome Road.
Main Street is a highly traveled road that serves as the primary connector between Moosic and Old Forge, she said.
Moosic also desperately needs new “Welcome to Moosic” signs, she said.
Work is contingent on grant funding, however, French said. If Moosic does receive the funding, she hopes to complete the first phase of work in 2027.
French believes the upgrades to Main Street will improve community pride and the quality of life for residents.
“It improves walkability, it improves safety, and ultimately, we have a lot of families in our neighborhoods,” she said. “We want families to feel proud of their Main Street.”