Board approves PennDOT-funded shared-use path; township keeps maintenance responsibility

Jun 8, 2026

Supervisors approved a revised shared-use path agreement with PennDOT that places construction costs with the state while keeping long-term maintenance on the township; PennDOT will use motion-detector activation for the new crossing signal, the solicitor said.

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The board approved a revised shared-use path agreement with PennDOT that, according to the solicitor, shifts construction costs to PennDOT while assigning maintenance responsibility to the township. "If you recall in the first draft we received to indicate the township would be paying for the construction of the shared use path that language has been revised now to provide that PennDOT will be paying for the construction cost — maintenance cost will be on the township though," the solicitor explained.

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