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County approves PennDOT pre-application and ARPA funding request for London Valley Rail Trail design work

5810091 · September 8, 2025
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Lebanon County commissioners voted to approve submission of a PennDOT Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TASA) pre-application and to use county ARPA funds to pay final design work for a 5.5-mile section of the London Valley Rail Trail, with PennDOT expected to fund construction if the grant is approved.

Lebanon County commissioners voted to authorize submission of a PennDOT Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside pre-application and to use county ARPA funds to pay for final design and environmental clearance for a 5.5-mile section of the London Valley Rail Trail.

Tom Cote, a London Valley Rail Trail board member who said he does most of the organization’s grant writing, told the board the TASA program is a two-stage process that requires a pre-application by the close of business the next day and a final submission in October if PennDOT requests clarification. “This application process is a 2 stage process where you submit a pre application by a certain date, which is close of business tomorrow,” Cote said. He…

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