2017
– Green Light-Go Program (Year 4) Program Updates and Application Period
PennDOT will be
accepting applications for the 2017 Green Light-Go Funding Program (Year 3)
from September 2 through November 9, 2017. The 2017 Green
Light-Go Program has up to $40 million for the competitive application and
reimbursement grant program for existing traffic signal improvements such as:
light-emitting diode technology and intelligent transportation applications,
such as autonomous and connected vehicle-related technology, performing
regional operations such as retiming, developing special event plans and
monitoring traffic signals and for maintaining and operating traffic signals.
Municipalities are strongly
encouraged to work with their PennDOT District Traffic Signal Unit
representatives to define project scopes in a manner consistent with the
program goals and requirements, which will allow PennDOT to assist applicants
with refining the scope to ensure a successful project (e.g. equipment
compatibility, appropriateness of project for location, etc.). A new project
scoping form has been developed (see Appendix III of the Program
Guidelines) to assist in this process, and the PennDOT contacts are
identified in Appendix IV.
Please visit the
PennDOT Traffic Signal Portal’s Green Light-Go page for more information: http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Portal%20Information/Traffic%20Signal%20Portal/FUNDGLG.html.
The 2017 program continues the following updates enacted in Act
101 of 2016 (Enhancing Pennsylvania's Green Light-Go Program):
· Reduction of the Municipal Match from 50% to 20%.
· Reduction of the Municipal Match from 50% to 20%.
·
Expands and clarifies the potential applicants.
·
Expansion to allow existing traffic signals on local roadways to
be considered for the program.
·
Expansion to allow additional state or federal funding
opportunities to be considered (except for Transportation Improvement Plan
funding).
·
Expands to allow additional activities such as Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) to be considered.
·
Adjustment to allow focus on a municipal grant
reimbursement program. Therefore, awarded municipalities will manage their
projects instead of PennDOT (unless otherwise specified).