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Morrisville wins state multimodal grants, advances police sally port payment and road bids set for January
Summary
Engineer Jacob told council the borough received two DCD multimodal transportation awards (approx. $182,686 and $813,472) with no local match; council approved a $33,222.96 payment on the police sally port and noted road‑program bids due Jan. 30 and Manor Park parking lot bids due Feb. 9.
Morrisville Borough will move forward on several transportation and construction projects after the borough engineer reported multiple grant awards and council approved a construction payment on Jan. 20.
Engineer Jacob of Gilmore and Associates said Morrisville received two DCD multimodal transportation fund grants: an anticipated $182,686 award for the North Pennsylvania/Trenton Avenue traffic signal modification project and an $813,472 anticipated award for South Pennsylvania Avenue traffic‑calming improvements. Jacob said the DCD awards require no local match; combined with a previously awarded PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund grant ($377,805) the signal modification project is estimated at about $600,000 in total cost.
Jacob also updated the council on bidding schedules: the 2026 road program (approximately 6.39 miles across Wards 3 and 4) was out to bid with proposals due Jan. 30 and an estimated project cost near $2 million; bids for the Manor Park Senior Center parking lot (a joint county project) are due Feb. 9 and carry approximately $706,421 in grant support (Community Development Block Grant $415,700 and $290,000 from the county). Jacob noted both projects must comply with the borough’s responsible contractor ordinance and standard review periods.
Council approved payment application No. 2 for the Burrow Police Sally Port construction project in the amount of $33,222.96 to R & S General Contractors Inc., as recommended by the borough engineer. Jacob reported the sally port’s exterior work is substantially complete and that the contractor is finishing punch‑list items; the borough is coordinating door security and camera installation so the police can begin using the facility and hold a future ribbon cutting.
What’s next: engineering contracts and bid results are expected to return to council for award consideration (road program and Manor Park anticipated on a February agenda pending reviews). The borough will post bid results and contractor documentation per procurement rules, and sally port final equipment installation will be scheduled with police and vendor teams.
