Port Authority to build new transportation center in Wilkinsburg
Three projects that aim to improve public transportation access and reduce pollution and traffic congestion will receive federal funding, the Port Authority says.
Updated: 4:44 PM EST Feb 10, 2022
The Port Authority is getting $5.4 million to help build a new transportation center in Wilkinsburg — one of multiple projects that are set to receive federal funding.Passenger amenities and access to the Wilkinsburg station on the East Busway will be upgraded through the $7.8 million project, the Port Authority said in a statement Thursday.In addition to the federal funds, which were awarded by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission through the federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Program, the project is set to receive $2.1 million from the state and $260,000 from Allegheny County.Another federal grant of $280,000 will be used to buy rubberized extension pads to increase the waiting areas at eight high-use bus stops. It hasn’t been announced yet where the extension pads will be installed. One is currently being used at the Liberty Avenue stop across from Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh.Additionally, the Port Authority said a $2.5 million grant will go toward the installation or replacement of about four miles of sidewalks to transit routes. That project aims to improve safe access to transit, a priority in the Port Authority’s 25-year plan dubbed “NEXTransit.”More public transit news:
The Port Authority is getting $5.4 million to help build a new transportation center in Wilkinsburg — one of multiple projects that are set to receive federal funding.
Passenger amenities and access to the Wilkinsburg station on the East Busway will be upgraded through the $7.8 million project, the Port Authority said in a statement Thursday.
In addition to the federal funds, which were awarded by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission through the federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Program, the project is set to receive $2.1 million from the state and $260,000 from Allegheny County.
Another federal grant of $280,000 will be used to buy rubberized extension pads to increase the waiting areas at eight high-use bus stops. It hasn’t been announced yet where the extension pads will be installed. One is currently being used at the Liberty Avenue stop across from Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh.
Additionally, the Port Authority said a $2.5 million grant will go toward the installation or replacement of about four miles of sidewalks to transit routes. That project aims to improve safe access to transit, a priority in the Port Authority’s 25-year plan dubbed “NEXTransit.”
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