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Pennsylvania’s department of transportation (PennDOT) in the US has announced that 56 transport alternative projects will receive $33m in federal funds.

Transportation alternative projects will help in improving facilities for pedestrians and cyclists, improve public transportation access, create safe routes to schools, preserve historic transportation structures, promote safety and mobility, provide environmental mitigation and create trails that serve a transportation purpose.

The projects were selected for funding after an evaluation by PennDOT.

"These awards represent yet another way PennDOT is working to broaden the reach of transportation investments in Pennsylvania."

PennDOT authorities made the selection based on safety benefits, reasonableness of cost, readiness for implementation, statewide or regional significance, integration of land use and transportation decision-making, collaboration with stakeholders and leverage of other projects or funding.

PennDOT secretary Barry Schoch said: "These awards represent yet another way PennDOT is working to broaden the reach of transportation investments in Pennsylvania.

"Combined with awards from the new state Multimodal Fund and the Transportation Infrastructure Investment Fund, this programme opens the door to an even wider variety of improvements for the people of Pennsylvania."

Some of the projects that have been accepted for the transportation alternative projects include streetscape improvements on Route 13 at Bristol Township and the installation of a prefabricated pedestrian bridge across the Lehigh River at Carbon County. Additional projects consist of a 10ft-wide, asphalt multi-use trail on the south side of East Central Avenue and streetscape and pedestrian safety improvements for two streets in the city of Wilkes-Barre.

Image: The transport alternative projects would include improving facilities for pedestrians and cyclists. Photo: courtesy of Sura Nualpradid from freedigitalphotos.net.