TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
The Long-Range Transportation Plan spans a 25-year time horizon, The FutureLV: Open Call for Plans and Projects program was a formal beginning in 2019 and continuing through 2045, with a budget of process for public outreach to municipalities and potential project sponsors, $2,480,130,108. The budget for projects and programs included in the fulfilling State Long Range Transportation Plan goals of extensive public Long-Range Transportation Plan was determined by referencing years and stakeholder involvement in project programming. It was open to the 2019-2020 of the existing Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), public for an opportunity to propose projects or programs that will improve years 2021-2032 of the 2021 Financial Guidance 12-year expenditure operating efficiency and preservation of transportation assets for all modes projections published by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, within the Lehigh Valley. These plans and projects were submitted by the and years 2033-2045 projections of future funding at a 3% inflation rate. public during an open call period from December 5, 2018 through January 25, 2019. Funding stages for the Long-Range Transportation Plan consist of short- range, mid-range and long-range elements. The short-range element is Projects from the Open Call for Plans and Projects were then individually comprised of programming for projects and plans included in the 2019- analyzed using a standardized methodology for assessment of candidacy 2022 TIP, with a budget of $534,440,108. Projects and programs included by Lehigh Valley Planning Commission staff. Evaluation of regional in the Transportation Improvement Program are considered high-priority, transportation projects was based upon established federal and regional having phases of work started/completed during the four-year Program goals of safety, asset management, equity and environmental justice, timeframe. freight movement and economic vitality, congestion reduction, and overall cost effectiveness, considering the available budget. The budget for the mid-range element consists of $815,772,065. It is comprised of projects that were programmed to be started, but not Projects and plans included in the Long-Range Transportation Plan are completed, during the 2019-2022 TIP timeframe, as well as projects listed separated by type and year of expenditure. The short- and mid-range on the State Transportation Commission’s 2019 Twelve Year Program. elements of the Long-Range Transportation Plan depict road, rail and The Twelve Year Program projects are selected by a 15-member board of trail projects as one category, bridge projects as another category, and elected and appointed officials, chaired by the Secretary of Transportation. transit projects as the final category. Projects selected for inclusion into The Twelve Year Program project list is determined by anticipated project the long-range element are listed under the following project categories: completion timetables, goals and targets for infrastructure through a bridge projects, traffic management projects, roadway reconstruction/ policy-driven decision process based upon performance conditions and modernization/automation projects, roadway expansion projects, multi-use statewide asset needs. trail and bicycle facility projects, pedestrian facility projects, safe routes to school projects, and transit projects. The long-range element covers years 13 through 25, calculated using a 3% annual inflation rate. The long-range element budget consists of $1,129,917,935 and is comprised of projects programmed, but not completed, during the State Transportation Commission’s Twelve Year Program, as well as candidate projects or plans selected from the FutureLV: Open Call for Plans and Projects list.
FutureLV: The Regional Plan LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
ROAD, RAIL, TRAIL PROJECTS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 ROAD, RAIL, TRAIL PROJECTS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 Project Short- Mid- Long- Project Short- Mid- Long- Project MunicipalityMunicipality County Sponsor Range Range Range Project MunicipalityMunicipality County Sponsor Range Range Range State Route 309 & Tilghman State Route 248 Realignment - Intersection Reconstruction - Realigns Route 248 through the Pennsylvania Involves reconstruction and borough to eliminate difficult truck Bath Borough N Department of $5,428,100 upgrade of State Route 309/ turning issues Transportation Tilghman Street Interchange. Also South Pennsylvania includes replacement and Whitehall L Department of $65,121,365 US 22 Resurface - Highway Whitehall, Pennsylvania rehabilitation of State Route 22 Township Transportation resurface from State Route 309 to South Whitehall Department of $5,407,500 Bridge over State Route 309 and L 15th Street Townships Transportation roadway drainage improvements, base repair and overlay US 22 - Highway resurface/resto- Hanover, ration from 25th Street to Farmers- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania US 22 Widening - Highway Pennsylvania South Whitehall, ville Road, including William Penn Palmer N Department of $5,150,000 widening to six lanes from 15th Department of Whitehall L $26,148,110 $219,381,200 Highway and State Route 33 Townships Transportation Street to Airport Road Transportation Townships interchanges
State Route 100 Reconstruction - Upper Pennsylvania FedEx Ground Roadway Improve- From Industrial Boulevard to Macungie L Department of $19,131,090 ments - State Route 987 (Airport Road) to be widened to three lanes Tilghman Street Township Transportation Pennsylvania southbound from north of City Line Hanover Department of Road to Route 22, extending onto Township L $5,000,000 Transportation State Route 222 Schantz & State the Route 22 westbound ramp, with Route 863 Improvements - intersection improvements at Postal Improve safety and traffic opera- Road, Avenue A and City Line Road tions and mobility at the State Route 222/State Route 0863 (Independent Upper Pennsylvania MacArthur Road Resurface - Road)/State Route 3012 (Schantz Macungie Department of $15,000,000 Pennsylvania L Highway resurface of MacArthur Whitehall Road) intersection. Eliminate Township Transportation Department of $4,933,190 Road from Grape Street to State Township L structural deficiency of the bridges Route 329 Transportation on State Route 3012 and State Route 222. Scoped as a roundabout Highway recon- Linden Street - Pennsylvania project struction on State Route 3015 City of Department of $4,775,461 $3,014,491 (Linden Street) from Elizabeth Bethlehem N Transportation State Route 309 Resurface - Avenue to Washington Avenue Includes pavement restoration from Walbert Avenue to Shankweiler US 22 Section 400 - Phase 2 Road. Also, reconstruction of North Whitehall, Pennsylvania (Lehigh River Bridge) - Recon- Orefield Road & State Route 309 South Whitehall L Department of $14,056,285 Hanover, Pennsylvania struct US 22/Fullerton Interchange intersection to accommodate truck Townships Transportation Whitehall Department of and major rehabilitation/widening of L $4,168,837 turning movements & signal Townships Transportation the US 22 Lehigh River Bridge to replacement improve safety and congestion Lehigh Race Street Intersection - Involves signalization of Race Delivery Consultant Assistance - Street/Lehigh Street, Race Street/ Pennsylvania Consultant assistance for design Catasauqua Pennsylvania Front Street, and Race Street/Sec- Department of $7,118,650 aspects of approved Transportation Borough L Various Department of $4,000,000 ond Street intersections. Conver- Transportation Improvement Program projects, L N Transportation sion of Front and Second streets to including highway, bridge and two-way streets transportation alternative projects
LVTS Congestion Mitigation Air Route 145 Safety Improvements - Pennsylvania Quality-LANTA Flex - The replace- Safety improvements including Various Department of ment of ten diesel buses with L N $3,840,000 milling, overlaying, accessibility Transportation ramps, restripe-protected left turn compressed natural gas buses Pennsylvania bays at signals, aligning opposing City of Department of $6,575,095 $1,876,530 left turns, two-way left turn signals, Allentown L LVTS Urban Intelligent Transpor- Transportation tation System - Installation of and access management features Pennsylvania on State Route 145 (Fourth Street/- Variable Message Signs (VMS) and Closed Circuit Television Cameras Various L Department of $3,685,315 Susquehanna Street) from Emaus Transportation Avenue to W. Wyoming Street (CCTV) at various locations along US 22 US 22 - Farmersville Road to State Route 512 - Resurface/resto- Pennsylvania US 22 Resurface - Roadway South Whitehall, Pennsylvania ration of US 22 from Farmersville Bethlehem resurface from State Route 309 to Department of $6,170,620 $2,878,500 Upper Macungie L Department of $3,553,420 $5,064,965 Road to State Route 512, and State Township N I-78 Townships Transportation Route 191 and State Route 512 Transportation interchange ramps LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
ROAD, RAIL, TRAIL PROJECTS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 ROAD, RAIL, TRAIL PROJECTS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 Project Short- Mid- Long- Project Short- Mid- Long- Project MunicipalityMunicipality County Sponsor Range Range Range Project MunicipalityMunicipality County Sponsor Range Range Range
State Route 29 - Shimersville Hill State Route 29/Cedar Crest Pennsylvania Safety - Safety improvements on Boulevard - Adaptive signal Salisbury State Route 29 (Shimersville Hill) upgrades along State Route Township L Department of $1,443,470 $3,074,750 from Buckeye Road to Route 100, 29/Cedar Crest Boulevard Transportation including removing or relocating Upper Milford Pennsylvania Department of fixed objects, widening roadway for Township L $2,914,400 $6,190,300 State Route 248 - Adaptive signal Pennsylvania left turn lanes, upgrading outdated Transportation upgrades along State Route 248 Lehigh Township N Department of $1,435,570 signals along the corridor and (Lehigh Drive) in the Township Transportation implementing systematic signing and pavement marking safety MacArthur Road Adaptive Signal upgrades where applicable City of Upgrade - Adaptive signal Allentown, Pennsylvania upgrades along State Route 145 State Route 309 Center Valley Whitehall L Department of $1,187,710 $4,057,550 (MacArthur Road) from 6th Street to Interchange - Improvements Township Transportation Chestnut Street include changes of existing at-grade Pennsylvania signalized intersection into a full Upper Saucon Township L Department of $2,652,250 $35,622,785 Bethlehem Corridor Safety direction grade-separated Transportation Railroad Warning Devices - interchange to address current and Replace antiquated equipment with City of Pennsylvania future planned development one mast arm and cantilever where Bethlehem, Department of $1,160,000 Brodhead Road, Township Line Bethlehem N Transportation Transportation Alternatives Road, Christian Springs Road, and Township Program Line Item - Transporta- Schoenersville Road cross Norfolk tion Alternatives Program line item Southern track for projects defined as transporta- tion alternatives, including pedestri- Pennsylvania State Route 33 Preservation - an and bicycle facilities, infrastruc- Various L N Department of $2,419,157 From State Route 1002 (Main Palmer, Pennsylvania ture projects that enhance mobility, Transportation Street) to State Route 1012 (Belfast Plainfield N Department of $1,100,000 community improvement activities, Road) Townships Transportation environmental mitigation, recre- ational trail projects and safe routes Mauch Chunk Road - Adaptive South Pennsylvania to school projects signal upgrades along Mauch Whitehall L Department of $1,054,615 Chunk Road (State Route 1017) Township Transportation 7th Street Multimodal Corridor - Planning study to identify expected State Route 309 Coopersburg - Pennsylvania growth of entertainment, employ- Coopersburg ment and residential needs to Pennsylvania Adaptive signal upgrades along L Department of $1,043,385 $2,388,200 City of Borough improve traffic flow, business Department of State Route 309 Transportation Allentown L $2,282,995 accessibility and pedestrian safety Transportation along 6th, 7th and 8th Streets LVTS High Friction Sites - High friction surface treatment to various Pennsylvania bounded by Jordan Creek on the Various L N Department of $950,000 north and MLK Jr. Drive to the south identified locations with the goal of reducing crashes Transportation 25th Street Hill Improvement - Safety improvements including State Route 512 Adaptive Signal drainage improvements, widening of Palmer Upgrade - Adaptive signal Pennsylvania Hanover shoulders, flattening of curves, Township, Pennsylvania upgrades along State Route 512, Department of $836,725 $1,796,915 Township N re-grading and daylighting of the West Easton, N Department of $2,169,540 from Center Street to Jaindl Transportation road, adding super-elevation to Wilson Transportation Boulevard curves, intersection improvements, Boroughs State Route 3005 Resurface (Main signage and guiderail improve- Street & Washington Street) - Pennsylvania ments, and embankment removal Freemansburg From State Route 2014 (Riverside Department of $831,015 $1,449,125 Borough N Easton Two-Way Street Conver- Drive) to State Route 3007 (Pem- Transportation sion - Involves converting four broke Road) one-way streets to two-way streets Pennsylvania to improve traffic movement in City of Freeway Service Patrol - Two N Department of $2,041,059 roaming tow trucks to respond to Easton's Central Business District. Easton Pennsylvania Transportation incidents on I-78 from State Route Streets involved are 2nd Street, Various Department of 100 to the Route 309 split and I-78/ L N $775,000 Spring Garden Street, 4th Street Transportation and Ferry Street US 22, from State Route 100 to State Route 33 Easton Avenue Corridor Improve- Corridor improvements to Broad Street Nazareth Railroad ments - City of install new signal heads, adjust Pennsylvania Crossing - Replace antiquated Bethlehem, Pennsylvania timings, add left turn stand-by lanes Department of $1,556,341 equipment with one mast arm and Nazareth Bethlehem N N Department of $732,423 where appropriate and remove select Transportation cantilever to cover three lanes of Borough Township Transportation trees along Easton Avenue from southbound traffic where Route 191 Stefko Boulevard to Willow Park Road crosses Norfolk Southern railway LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
ROAD, RAIL, TRAIL PROJECTS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 ROAD, RAIL, TRAIL PROJECTS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 Project Short- Mid- Long- Project Short- Mid- Long- Project MunicipalityMunicipality County Sponsor Range Range Range Project MunicipalityMunicipality County Sponsor Range Range Range
All Weather Pavement Markings - Penn Avenue Railroad Crossing - Pennsylvania The maintenance and installation of Various An upgrade to railroad safety Alburtis Pennsylvania L N Department of all weather pavement markings in $700,000 equipment where Penn Avenue Borough L Department of $281,377 Transportation the region crosses Norfolk Southern railway. Transportation
Lehigh Street Betterment - City of Allentown, Pennsylvania Ruppsville Road Crossing Resurface of State Route 2005 Emmaus L Department of $506,480 $6,609,610 Upgrade - Upgrade to the railroad (Lehigh Street) from PA 29 to PA 145 Borough Transportation safety equipment, including the Upper Macungie Pennsylvania replacement of one mast arm and Township L Department of $270,200 LVTS Bridge Preservation and one cantilever where Ruppsville Transportation Pennsylvania Repair - Consultant design and Road crosses the track on Norfolk Department of construction of bridge repairs and Various L N $450,000 Southern railway Transportation preservation of various bridges Transportation Alternative/Multi- Schoenersville Road Corridor - modal Project Management - Pennsylvania New signal timing plans, updated City of Consultant contract to assist local Department of Pennsylvania Various L N $230,000 signal hardware and an upgrade in Bethlehem, sponsors in developing approved Transportation Department of signal interconnection along Hanover L N $392,700 transportation enhancement/alter- Transportation Schoenersville Road, from Avenue Township native projects C/Stoke Park Road to 8th Avenue Two Rivers Trail Gap - Pedestrian Safety Line Item - LVTS - trail along State Route 33 from Plainfield, Pennsylvania Reserved for cost overruns on Sullivan Trail to Henry Road. Trail Bushkill N Department of $224,843 approved highway and bridge installation to include signage, Townships Transportation projects from past and current TIP pavement marking, and fencing Pennsylvania projects and future data-driven Various L N Department of $375,185 $21,059,506 MacArthur Road Multimodal Study strategic highway safety projects City of Allentown, Transportation - Planning study to identify multimodal Pennsylvania such as intersection safety, clear Whitehall corridor transportation, pedestrian and Department of sight triangles, pavement markings, Township L $218,545 enhanced signage, rumble strips transit options from Tilghman Street to Transportation and guiderails Mechanicsville Road Summit Lawn to American 15th Street Corridor - Installation Multimodal of new signal equipment such as Parkway Study - corridor study addressing traffic large heads, back plates, LED flow, pedestrian accessibility City of lighting, 5-section head for Pennsylvania Pennsylvania congestion, redevelopment poten- Allentown, advanced left turn phasing and City of Department of Department of $350,000 tial, and transit improvements along Salisbury L $200,000 $137,655 coordinating signals at 15th Street, Allentown L Transportation Transportation South 3rd Street, Basin Street, from Hamilton Street to Tilghman Township South 4th Street, and South Pike Street. Improve pedestrian intersec- Avenue from the Summit Lawn I-78 tion safety with signage, crosswalks Interchange to American Parkway and other methods Canal Road Railroad Crossing - Environmental Impacts Resolu- This project involves replacing tion - Regional set-aside for Pennsylvania antiquated equipment with one mast City of monitoring, maintenance and Department of $350,000 arm and one cantilever to cover Allentown L repairs of constructed wetlands and Transportation where Canal Road crosses the federal requirements of the Environ- Pennsylvania Norfolk Southern railway mental Protection Agency on Various L N Department of $200,000 approved highway and bridge Transportation 13th Street Interchange Improve- projects from past and current ments - Includes a safety update to Transportation Improvement alleviate congestion on the exit ramp Programs, as well as identifying from US 22 onto State Route 2017. City of Easton, Pennsylvania sites for environmental mitigation The project will include safety and Palmer N Department of $350,000 pavement marking updates, pave- Township Transportation Union Street Railroad Upgrade - Pennsylvania ment rehabilitation on ramps, minor City of Union Street rail crossing signaliza- Department of bridge repairs, and guiderail updates Allentown L $185,000 tion upgrades Transportation
Resurface Chestnut Street - Pennsylvania 611 Retaining Wall Rehab - Along Pennsylvania Highway resurface State Route 248 Bath Borough N Department of $331,552 State Route 611 (North Delaware City of Easton N Department of $163,905 $2,281,540 to Barrall Avenue Transportation Drive) Transportation Study Route 512 Bath Railroad Crossing Weaversville Curve Study - Hanover, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania of the State Route 1009 (Weavers- - Upgrade railroad safety equipment East Allen East Allen Department of $154,500 Department of $284,109 ville Road) curve to determine L N where Midway Street crosses Township N Townships Transportation Norfolk Southern railway Transportation alternatives for realigning the road LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ONG RANG TRANSPORTATION P AN
ROAD, RAIL, TRAIL PROJECTS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 ROAD RAI TRAI PRO TS 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 Project Short- Mid- Long- Project Short- Mid- Long- County Project MunicipalityMunicipality Sponsor Range Range Range Project MunicipalityMunicipality County Sponsor Range Range Range Resto- Pennsylvania Reserve Center Street Resurface - City of R I ration from Fahy Bridge to just Department of $100,000 line item for resurfacing of roads Bethlehem N Pennsylvania before the Monocacy Creek Bridge Transportation due to accelerated deterioration of Various N Department of $1,658,101 condition throughout the Transportation ITS Sign Upgrades - Turnpike - Long-Range Transportation Plan Installation of Intelligent Transporta- timeframe tion System variable message signs South Whitehall, Pennsylvania (VMS) along Interstate 78, State Upper Macungie L Department of $100,000 F I I Route 22, and State Route 309 near Townships Transportation Reserve line item for freight impacts Pennsylvania the Turnpike on the transportation system for Various N Department of $1,658,101 projects in Lehigh and orthampton Transportation counties LVTS Traffic Review Assist - Pennsylvania S I Reserve line Consulting staffing technical review Various Department of $60,000 Pennsylvania L N item for natural disasters, such as assistance for traffic unit Transportation Department of slides, that may occur throughout Various N $1,658,101 Transportation the life-span of project planning Construction Assistance - Construction consultant assistance Pennsylvania for projects in Lehigh and Northamp- Various Department of $25,000 S L N South Pennsylvania ton counties within the Lehigh Valley Transportation R 222 R hitehall Department of $1,221,483 Transportation Study MPO region Replace pipe/culvert under Cedar Transportation Crest oulevard near urger ing Township Construction Assistance - Consul- tant assistance for inspection and A T S Pennsylvania alnut at orthampton, Chestnut at oversight of approved Transportation ath orough Department of $1,200,000 Pennsylvania orthampton, ain at Race and N Improvement Program construction Transportation Various L N Department of $25,000 ain at alnut projects eligible for federal funding Transportation including highway, bridge and S R 512 R transportation alternative projects Straighten State Route 512 in within the Lehigh Valley downtown angor orough. Route 512 currently requires multiple angor N angor orough $257,154 Corridor Signal Improvement difficult turns as the roadway orough Line Item - Reserve line item for traverses arket Street, South ain Pennsylvania corridor signal improvements to Street and ill Scott oulevard Department of congested corridors that contain Various L N $18,012,733 ( ast angor ighway) Transportation multiple signals for projects in Lehigh and Northampton counties R 22 R 248 25 S Palmer orthampton $224,000 Interchange Study Township N County Saint John Street (State Route 2005) Traffic Calming Improve- S ments - Bumpouts, medians/curb I Including over 20 realignment, and potential lane intersections in the corridor, street reductions along SR 2005, lights, red lights, crosswalk areas mmaus mmaus sidewalks on the west side of the City of $128,577 N City of Easton $10,800,482 and signals, traffic flow, congestion, orough orough road which are non-existent today, Easton and different safety issues, including high visibility crosswalks, enhanced D accessibility, pedestrian and street and pedestrian lighting, and a bicyclist safety issues new pedestrian bridge to connect Scott Park to Delaware Canal State Park ROAD RAI TRAI PRO TS TOTA S 244 377 089 362 702 756
Farmersville Road/Freemansburg Avenue Intersection Realignment - Align the north and south legs of ONG RANG TRANSPORTATION P AN Farmersville Road at Freemansburg Bethlehem Bethlehem Avenue to be directly across from Township N Township $7,071,744 ROAD A R ONSTRU TION each other, signalize intersection, OD RNI ATION AUTO ATION and widen Freemansburg Avenue to 2019-2022 2023-2030 2031-2045 the east Project Short- Mid- Long- County Rehabilitation of Main Street - Project MunicipalityMunicipality Sponsor Range Range Range (State Route 3005) from Washington Freemansburg Freemansburg Pennsylvania Street south to the Freemansburg N $1,928,657 S R 378 P City of Borough Borough Department of $19,956,006 ain Street to S Route 22 ethlehem N Bridge (over the Lehigh River) Transportation