City gets $3.6M to replace traffic signals

90 Downtown lights will be upgraded

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh should now have the money to move ahead with the next step in replacing traffic lights in the Downtown area.

Gov. Tom Wolf announced a $3.56 million grant Thursday earmarked for upgrading another 35 traffic lights as part of the state’s “Green Light-Go” program. Across the state, 70 communities received grants worth $31 million, including 12 others in AlleghenyCounty worth $3.2 million.

The city is in the midst of a program to replace 90 lights in the Golden Triangle, some of which are as much as 50 years old. The new lights will be energy-efficient and can be coordinated to help traffic move more efficiently. City officials couldn’t be reached for commenton the grant.

The other grants awarded in Allegheny County were:

• Bellevue: $32,000 to install new LED traffic signal heads, new countdown pedestrian signals, and new audible push-buttons at the traffic signal at North and South Freemont Avenue and Lincoln Avenue.

• Carnegie: $22,640 to update traffic signal timings at the intersection of Main Street and JeffersonStreet.

• Crafton: $704,051 to modernizefour traffic signals along Noble Avenueand Crennell Avenue.

• Edgewood: $139,478 to modernize the traffic signal at Maple Avenue and Edgewood/Swissvale Avenue to include LED signal heads with mast arm installation, loop detection, countdown pedestrian signals and ADA-compliant curb ramps.

• Jefferson Hills: $87,684 to