Tredyffrin Gets Nearly $1M For Traffic Lights On Valley Forge Road

TREDYFFRIN TWP — A $976,888 state grant was awarded this week to upgrade five traffic signals at five intersections along Valley Forge Road.

“Valley Forge Road is an important connector between homes, businesses, parks, and trails in the Township,” William F. Martin, township manager, said. “Receiving this funding will help us provide safer, more adequate pedestrian facilities for our community.”

The section of Valley Forge Road in Tredyffrin Township extends through Valley Forge National Park to Conestoga Road.

PennDOT awarded the grant through its Green Light-Go grant program.

The fund provides reimbursements to municipalities for efficiency and operational updates to existing traffic signals.

“After years of studying and planning for improvements along the Valley Forge Road corridor, we are excited to finally have the funding in place to upgrade the signal infrastructure to make it safer for both pedestrians and drivers,” Julie Gosse, chairwoman of the Tredyffrin Township supervisors.

State Sen. Carolyn Comitta, a Chester County Democrat, said the investment in infrastructure will benefit the safety and efficiency in Chester County.
“I strongly support this and other investments that make Tredyffrin and all of Chester County a safer community for drivers and pedestrians,” Comitta said.

Green Light-Go is part of PennDOT’s Act 89 of 2013 and can be used for projects such as installing LED technology, signal retiming, developing special event plans, as well as upgrading traffic signals to the latest technologies.

The Tredyffrin project is part of a $37.8 million package to upgrade signals in 70 municipalities.

“The safety improvements supported by the Green Light-Go program help municipalities relieve congestion and traffic flow, as well as keep Pennsylvanians moving safely and efficiently,” Gov. Wolf said. “I’m proud to help our communities improve mobility for Pennsylvanians.”

The program also awarded grants to two additional Chester County municipalities for traffic light improvements:

• Upper Uwchlan Township – $214,930 for upgrades to traffic signals along the major corridors of Route 100 and Graphite Mine Road, including flashing yellow arrow, pedestrian countdown signals and LED signal heads; and
• Uwchlan Township – $364,260 for installation of advanced radar detection, upgrade of controller assemblies, and improving generator back-up connections at 14 intersections.