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Lawrence County commissioners allocate $400,000 in liquid fuels surplus to 17 municipalities
Summary
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners voted to divide $400,000 in surplus liquid fuels funds evenly among 17 municipalities to support local road, bridge and drainage projects; each will receive $23,500.
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Pa. — The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners voted May 13 to distribute $400,000 in surplus liquid fuels funds to 17 municipalities for local road, bridge and drainage projects.
Under the resolution the board approved, each of the 17 applicants will receive $23,500. County staff said the county itself does not own roads; the funds come from the Commonwealth’s liquid fuels program — the gas tax revenue the state collects and distributes to counties and municipalities — and the county applied its available surplus to municipalities’ bridge and related needs.
The county noted it is responsible for 27 bridges; the allocation in this round reflected the county’s decision to divide the available non-bridge (surplus) liquid fuels funds evenly among timely applicants. The list of planned uses presented to commissioners included paving and drainage projects in boroughs and townships across the county: paving Main Street in Bessemer; resurfacing South Mill Street in Newcastle; rehabilitation work on Bridge Street in Elwood City; paving projects in Mahoning, New Beaver, New Wilmington, North Beaver, Plain Grove, Pulaski, Union, Wayne and Wellington townships; various resurfacing projects in Chicago and other townships; street sign purchases for Slippery Rock Township; and storm drainage work in Washington Township.
Commissioners and planning staff said the county verified all 27 municipalities had been contacted and that 17 submitted applications by the deadline. The county controller’s office and planning staff reviewed submissions to confirm eligibility and timely filing before the board moved to approve the allocations.
The vote to adopt the resolution was taken by roll call and recorded as approved by the commissioners present.
The board said the distribution continues a practice of returning surplus county liquid fuels funding to local governments to help pay for road and bridge upkeep between state and municipal allocations.
