Penn Township Awarded TASA Funds for New Sidewalk
Penn Township is excited to annouce that they were awarded $845,000 from TASA. The funds will be used to install a 5-foot-wide sidewalk along the east side of Jenners Pond Road from the intersection of Baltimore Pike to the existing sidewalk to the south, and along Route 796 from the Shoppes at Jenners Village signalized intersection to the existing sidewalk at the intersection of Route 796 and Baltimore Pike.
The Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) provides funding for projects and activities defined as transportation alternatives, including on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects for improving non-driver access to public transportation and enhanced mobility, community improvement activities, and environmental mitigation, trails that serve a transportation purpose, and safe routes to school projects. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), continues to fund the TA Set-Aside through 2026. The FAST Act, which has provided funding for the TA Set-Aside since December 2015, expired on September 30, 2021, but the funding made available to the department prior to that date remains available for use. The federal guidance is available on the Federal Highway Administration website.
More than half made possible by Bipartisan Infrastructure Law