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Carbon County opens public comment on reallocation of FY2024 CDBG funds for Lehighton Borough ADA work
Summary
Carbon County announced a proposed reallocation of FY2024 Community Development Block Grant funds for Lehighton Borough, reducing an ADA billing-office upgrade allocation to $53,000 and directing $34,638 to a sidewalk project at Community Grove Park; written comments are due April 2, 2025.
Carbon County Office of Planning and Development on Monday opened a public comment period on a proposed modification to fiscal year 2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Lehighton Borough, announcing that $34,638 would be reallocated from a billing-office Americans with Disabilities Act upgrade to a sidewalk project at Community Grove Park.
The county said the borough originally allocated $87,638 for ADA upgrades to the borough billing office but will now allocate $53,000 to that work. The remaining $34,638 would be used to install ADA crossover depressions on a sidewalk segment at Community Grove Park. County staff said both the sidewalk project and the building improvements will benefit “severely disabled persons.”
County staff also said Carbon County has updated a Section 504 transition plan for Lehighton Borough to reflect the modifications and the adjustments needed for the projects. Written comments on the modification must be received at the Carbon County Office of Planning and Development, 44 Susquehanna Street, PO Box 210, Lehighton, PA 18229, by 4 p.m. on April 2, 2025.
The announcement was presented as a public hearing and opportunity for comment; the county did not record a formal vote or approval during the excerpted remarks. No additional funding sources, construction schedules, or contractor awards were specified in the remarks provided. County staff identified the projects as targeted to improve ADA access but did not give a timeline for implementation or note any required external approvals in the hearing record provided.
The county’s notice and the updated Section 504 transition plan are the administrative steps described in the hearing; community members who wish to comment were directed to submit written remarks to the county planning office by the stated deadline.
