{"id":91787,"date":"2026-01-20T17:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91787\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:20:11","slug":"erie-county-secures-over-4-2-million-in-state-funding-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/91787\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County Secures Over $4.2 Million in State Funding | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Money.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Senator Dan Laughlin has announced that more than $4.2 million in state funding was awarded to critical infrastructure projects throughout Erie County. These grants have been provided through Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) and the Pennsylvania Small Water and Sewer Program (SWS.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese investments are essential to ensuring safe, reliable infrastructure for our communities,\u201d said Senator Laughlin. \u201cFrom clean drinking water to safer roads and pedestrian access, these projects will strengthen Erie County and position us for future growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Small Water &amp; Sewer Program Awards<\/p>\n<p>Erie City Water Authority (Erie Water Works) \u2013 RSW Water Treatment Plant Low<\/p>\n<p>Duty Variable Frequency Drives \u2013 $224,218<\/p>\n<p>Girard Borough \u2013 Quail Ridge Lift Station Project 2025 \u2013 $175,000<\/p>\n<p>Summit Township Water Authority \u2013 Hershey Road Water Infrastructure Replacement \u2013 $500,000<\/p>\n<p>North East Township Water &amp; Sewer Authority \u2013 South Shore Avenue Area Waterline Replacement \u2013 $400,000<\/p>\n<p>Wattsburg Borough \u2013 Water System Maintenance and Repairs \u2013 $226,202<\/p>\n<p>Harborcreek Township Sewer Authority \u2013 The Harborcreek Village \u2013 $250,000<\/p>\n<p>North East Borough \u2013 Mechanics Alley Revisited \u2013 $283,942<\/p>\n<p>Total SWS Funding: $2,059,362<\/p>\n<p>Multimodal Transportation Fund Awards<\/p>\n<p>Albion Borough \u2013 Albion Park Pedestrian Bridge Project \u2013 $250,000<\/p>\n<p>Erie-Western PA Port Authority \u2013 East Bluffs Shared Use Path Upgrades and<\/p>\n<p>Extension \u2013 $1,400,000<\/p>\n<p>Wesleyville Borough \u2013 Euclid Boulevard Phase 2 Reconstruction and Pedestrian Improvements \u2013 $500,000<\/p>\n<p>Total MTF Funding: $2,150,000<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work tirelessly in Harrisburg to advocate for projects like these and others that make our region safer, more accessible, and better prepared for the future.\u201d For more information on these programs, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dced.pa.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.dced.pa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senator Dan Laughlin has announced that more than $4.2 million in state funding was awarded to critical infrastructure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,142,138,137,45224,45225,892,2862],"class_list":{"0":"post-91787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-county","10":"tag-erie-headlines","11":"tag-erie-news","12":"tag-infrastructure-projects","13":"tag-sewer-program","14":"tag-state-funding","15":"tag-water-treatment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91787","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=91787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}