BETHLEHEM, Pa. – State Senator Lisa Boscola announced Thursday state funding totaling $4,658,427 for multiple projects in Northampton County through the Local Share Account (LSA) Statewide and Act 13 Grant programs, according to a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI have fought hard to make sure our local communities get their fair share of statewide dollars to complete priority projects,\u201d Boscola said. \u201cThese projects have been identified by local government leaders as important to improving the quality of life in their communities through funding for public safety, community development and recreation projects,\u201d Boscola added.<\/p>\n
Boscola said she was pleased to work with her colleagues in the Lehigh Valley legislative delegation in a bipartisan manner to secure the state funds, approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA), for investment in the following projects:<\/p>\n
Statewide Local Share Account (LSA)<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Township – $233,021 \u2013 Ambulance Remounting Project;Bethlehem Township \u2013 $75,699 – Firefighter Radios for the Nancy Run Fire Department;Bethlehem Township – $93,423 \u2013 Purchase of Police Patrol Car;Bethlehem Township – $118,041 \u2013 Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company Radio Equipment;East Bangor Borough \u2013 $86,000 \u2013 East Bangor Surveillance Camera Program;Easton City – $150,000 \u2013 Easton Police Department Evidence Building;Easton City – $375,568 \u2013 Larry Holmes Drive Pedestrian Safety Improvements (Phase 1);Forks Township – $275,000 \u2013 Sewer Department Camera Truck;Freemansburg Borough – $250,000 \u2013 Municipal Community Cultural Center (Phase 3);Greater Easton Development Corporation – $125,000 \u2013 Easton Event Infrastructure;Hellertown Borough \u2013 $300,000 – Tuminello Park Pedestrian Bridge;Hellertown Borough Authority – $100,000 \u2013 Solar Garage;Hellertown Borough Authority – $50,000 \u2013 Utility Vehicle;Lower Mount Bethel Township – $135,000 \u2013 Roadside Tractor and Boom Mower;Lower Nazareth Township – $86,878 \u2013 Colonial Regional Police Vehicle;Nazareth Borough \u2013 $50,000 – Public Works Vehicle;Northampton County – $475,000 \u2013 New Bethany Building Expansion;Palmer Township – $250,000 \u2013 Bicycle Path Rehabilitation;Palmer Township – $150,000 \u2013 Suburban EMS Stryker Xpedition Powered Stair Chair Purchases;Slate Belt Council of Governments – $49,000 \u2013 Light Tower with Generator Purchase;Upper Mount Bethel Township – $100,000 \u2013 North Bangor Fire Company Garage Expansion Project;Upper Nazareth Township \u2013 $138,000 – Public Works Bucket Truck;Upper Nazareth Township \u2013 $744,097 – UNT Radios;West Easton Borough – $100,000 \u2013 Dump Truck.<\/p>\n
Act 13 Programs<\/p>\n
Wind Gap Borough \u2013 $130,000 – Wind Gap Park Pavilion;Nazareth Borough – $18,700 \u2013 Planning for Black Rock Trails.<\/p>\n
Grants were approved on Thursday by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, according to officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – State Senator Lisa Boscola announced Thursday state funding totaling $4,658,427 for multiple projects in Northampton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,1391],"class_list":{"0":"post-64842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-_homepage_top_stories","9":"tag-bethlehem","10":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","11":"tag-bethlehem-news","12":"tag-bethlehem-area"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64842","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=64842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}