Municipalities across Luzerne County were recently awarded state funding in Local Share Account grants to improve roads, purchase equipment, make upgrades to facilities and more.<\/p>\n
Local lawmakers announced the grants last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom improving roads and public infrastructure to strengthening emergency services and updating essential equipment, these projects will make our communities safer, more efficient, and better equipped for the future,\u201d said state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, Lehman Twp. \u201cI\u2019m proud to support these investments and grateful to the Commonwealth Financing Authority for recognizing the importance of these local projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Avoca Borough \u2014 $250,000 for Avoca Hose Co. building improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Avoca Borough \u2014 $121,735 for dump truck replacement.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Black Creek Twp. \u2014 $114,522 for road repair equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Black Creek Twp. \u2014 $75,000 for equipment for Nuremberg-Weston Volunteer Fire Co.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Conyngham Twp. \u2014 $150,000 for Turtle Creek flood protection rehabilitation project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Courtdale Borough \u2014 $54,122 for salt shed.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dallas Borough \u2014 $150,000 for pedestrian safety improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dallas Twp. \u2014 $200,000 for Troutbrook Road stream crossing replacement.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dupont Borough \u2014 $100,000 for DPW equipment purchase.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Duryea Borough \u2014 $284,081 for Main Street parking lot improvements and roof replacement.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Exeter Borough (on behalf of Luzerne County Historical Society) \u2014 $450,000 for new facility renovation.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Exeter Twp. \u2014 $200,000 for Della Lane stormwater and roadway restoration project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Foster Twp. \u2014 $200,000 for Community Center conversion project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Freeland Borough \u2014 $200,000 for 300 block of Centre Street improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Harveys Lake Borough \u2014 $254,308 for hydrilla management project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Hazle Twp. \u2014\u00a0 $136,284 for municipal equipment and vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Hazleton City \u2014 $319,144 for Broad Street improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jackson Twp. \u2014 $231,000 for compact loader.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Kingston \u2014\u00a0 $500,000 for public works facility renovation project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Kingston Twp. \u2014\u00a0 $100,000 for Shavertown Fire Dept. relocation and renovation.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Laflin Borough \u2014 $250,000 for pedestrian bridge replacement.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lower South Valley Council of Governments \u2014\u00a0 $115,016 for shared road equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luzerne Borough \u2014\u00a0 $64,000 for emergency cardiac monitor and defibrillator equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luzerne County RDA on behalf of Camp Kresge \u2014 $225,000 for construction of new dining area.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luzerne County RDA on behalf of Salvation Army \u2014\u00a0 $105,213 for equipment \/ vehicle acquisition.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luzerne County Convention Center Authority \u2014\u00a0 $100,000 for surveillance system upgrade at Mohegan Arena.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luzerne County Convention Center Authority \u2014\u00a0 $100,000 for HVAC air handler project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luzerne County \u2014\u00a0 $100,000 for Millennium Circle and Northampton Street Portal improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Nanticoke City \u2014\u00a0 $287,877 for LCCC Culinary Institute renovations.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Newport Twp. \u2014 $298,178 for East Main Street emergency access roadway improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Northeast Pennsylvania Land Bank \u2014\u00a0 $75,000 for Land bank blight removal.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pittston City \u2014\u00a0 $289,200 for Main Street stage project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pittston City \u2014\u00a0 $300,000 for elevator project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pittston Twp. \u2014\u00a0 $87,170 for Municipal building back up generator project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pittston Twp. \u2014\u00a0 $25,075 for EMA utility truck upfit.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Plains Twp. on behalf of NEPA Alliance \/ Keystone Human Services \u2014\u00a0 $171,743 for disability accessible vehicles for adults with disabilities.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Plains Twp. \u2014\u00a0 $92,695 for municipal building roof replacement.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Plains Twp. \u2014\u00a0 $77,300 for DPW equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ross Twp. \u2014\u00a0 $76,330 for mini excavator.<\/p>\n
\u2022 West Side Council of Governments \u2014\u00a0 $250,000 for shared road equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wright Twp. \u2014 $463,500 for fire engine purchase for Wright Twp. Volunteer Fire.<\/p>\n
\u2022 WVSA \u2014\u00a0 $122,290 for specialized wastewater equipment purchase.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wilkes-Barre City on behalf of King\u2019s College \u2014 $100,000 for Sheehy-Farmer improvement project.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wilkes-Barre City on behalf fo CYC \u2014\u00a0 $100,000 for Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wilkes-Barre City on behalf of Wilkes University \u2014\u00a0 $200,000 for phase 2 of nursing simulation lab equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wilkes-Barre City \u2014\u00a0 $250,000 for Public Square pathways improvements.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wilkes-Barre City \u2014\u00a0 $58,960 for fire\/emergency medical services equipment.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wilkes-Barre City \u2014\u00a0 $250,000 for City Hall renovations.<\/p>\n
\u2022 West Wyoming Borough \u2014\u00a0 $250,000 for multi-agency building reconstruction.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wyoming Borough \u2014\u00a0 $100,000 for maintenance equipment project.<\/p>\n
Local Share Account funds are generated under the PA Race Horse Development and Gaming Act (Act 71 of 2004), which provides for the distribution of gaming revenues through the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) to support projects in the public interest across Pennsylvania. The CFA was established in 2004 as an independent agency to administer Pennsylvania economic development programs and investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Municipalities across Luzerne County were recently awarded state funding in Local Share Account grants to improve roads, purchase…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[182,883,803,139,28,30,29,50,802],"class_list":["post-290611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-local-news","tag-local-politics","tag-luzerne-county","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-politics","tag-top-stories-cvc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}