BILL WELLOCK / PUBLISHED: JULY 2, 2016

 

Several projects in Luzerne County are getting state funding.

The Commonwealth Financing Authority is giving grants to a number of projects across the region.

About $12.1 million is coming from the Local Share Account program, which receives gaming money generated by casinos including Mohegan Sun Pocono. Another $3.9 million is coming from a transportation fund, and about $1.5 million from the Act 13 fund, which gets funding from a fee for drilling gas wells.

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Grants range from a $1 million grant to Hazle Township for work on Hazle Township Boulevard to $20,000 to Forty Fort for child safety upgrades at a preschool.

 

From Act 13 programs:

• $85,000 to Earth Conservancy for Askam Borehole acid mine drainage treatment system upgrade.

• $718,921 to Susquehanna Mining Solutions for an acid main drainage facility.

• $85,000 to Dupont Borough for Mill Creek channel repairs.

• $130,000 to King’s College for a multi-purpose facility.

• $100,000 to the Huber Breaker Preservation Society for a miners memorial park.

• $250,000 to the City of Pittston for a library park and amphitheater.

• $75,000 to Plymouth Borough for the John Mergo Community Park Project.

• $40,072 to Newport Township for a community park and walking trail.

 

From the Local Share

Account program:

• $249,465 to Wilkes-Barre for the Children’s Service Center for a new outpatient clinic.

• $458,408 to Hazle Township for SHINE Luzerne County, an after-school program.

• $400,000 to Hanover Township on behalf of Medico Industries to assist with facility upgrades and a new press line.

• $150,000 to Pittston Township on behalf of Casey Dental Institute to assist with a 10,000-square foot addition.

• $95,000 to Edwardsville for beautification of Hillside Avenue and Main Street.

• $40,000 to Forty Fort on behalf of Wombley LLC for an expansion project at 900 Rutter Ave.

• $80,000 to Jenkins Township for the second year of operating costs for the Northeast Regional Police Department.

• $50,000 to Wilkes-Barre on behalf of the Wyoming Valley Art League for renovating its building.

• $210,500 to Dallas Township on behalf of the Dallas Area Municipal Authority to install a sanitary sewer extension to a section of homes in the Overbrook Road area.

• $500,000 to Exeter, in cooperation with West Pittston, for improvement to the existing storm and sewer system along Wyoming Avenue.

• $278,351 to Hanover Township to rehabilitate the Solomon Creek Interceptor, a 100-year-old sewer line running through Ashley Borough, Hanover Township and Wilkes- Barre Township.

• $74,500 to Hazleton, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Theatre of Performing Arts, for renovations to the J.J. Ferrara Center.

• $30,000 to Jenkins Township for land bank blight remediation.

• $200,000 to Plains Township, on behalf of the Wyoming Valley Sewer Authority, for the Plains Interceptor project.

• $181,250 to Wilkes-Barre for renovate the YMCA rooftop playground, pool and upgrade equipment in the wellness center.

• $505,000 to Nanticoke, on behalf of the Lower South Valley Council of Governments, for public works machinery.

• $44,117 to Dallas, on behalf of the Back Mountain Community Partnership, for new equipment for the road master and crew in seven municipalities and funds for a geographic information system professional.

• $343,000 to Lehman Township, on behalf of the Back Mountain Community Partnership, for a centralized storage facility.

• $75,000 to West Wyoming, on behalf of the West Side Council of Governments, for municipal equipment.

• $33,000 to Butler Township for the second phase of the Freedom Park Recreation Area project.

• $75,000 to Hazleton for repairs to the city’s municipal garage.

• $174,460 to Hazleton, on behalf of the Hazleton Area Boxing Club, to purchase and renovate a building.

• $150,000 to Hunlock Township, on behalf of Northwest Area School District, for converting a high school track to a synthetic surface.

• $200,000 to Jackson Township, in cooperation with Dallas and Kingston townships, for paving and drainage improvements.

• $450,000 to Kingston for the UGI Public Safety Partnership project.

• $149,601 to Nescopeck Township for improvements to Zenith Road.

• $34,225 to Nuangola for the Nuangola Grove Theater Farmer’s Market.

• $241,351 to Plymouth for repairing and resurfacing 12 borough streets.

• $50,000 to Wilkes-Barre, on behalf of the Child Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania, to replace the roof at its child care center.

• $200,000 to Wilkes-Barre to upgrade Public Square.

• $172,742 to Black Creek Township for the second construction phase of a municipal building.

• $225,058 to Conyngham for design and construction work on Sugarloaf Avenue.

• $45,000 to Courtdale for community park improvements.

• $500,000 to Freeland for a new municipal complex.

• $100,000 to Harveys Lake for 29 new non-clog sewage pumps.

• $113,000 to Hazleton for renovations at three city fire stations.

• $100,000 to Hazleton to assist with the purchase of emergency response vehicles.

• $200,000 to Hazleton to replace 1,000 street lights with LED lights.

• $170,000 to Hazleton for a comprehensive community crime prevention initiative.

• $125,000 to Laflin for repairs on five roads.

• $60,000 to Luzerne for parking enhancements.

• $75,000 to Nescopeck Borough for police protective gear and equipment.

• $200,000 to Pittston for the neighborhood housing initiative.

• $160,000 to Pringle for roadway widening and pavement on North Street.

• $85,415 to Rice Township for the Ice Pond Dam repair project.

• $230,000 to Swoyersville for improvements to Roosevelt Field.

• $55,000 to West Pittston for renovations to the municipal building.

• $300,000 to Wilkes-Barre for a new HVAC system at the Osterhout Library.

• $125,000 to Wright Township for drainage improvements and paving on six roads in the Walden Park development.

• $148,750 to Ashley for a new garbage truck.

• $100,000 to Exeter to pave 16 roads.

• $185,000 to Fairmount Township to build a municipal storage shed.

• $50,000 to Fairview Township for a pickup truck with a plow and other equipment for winter maintenance.

• $20,000 to Forty Fort, on behalf of the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association, for child safety upgrades at the preschool building.

• $237,401 to Forty Fort for pool and park renovations.

• $100,000 to Franklin Township for improvements to the municipal complex.

• $100,000 to Hughestown for new public works vehicles.

• $75,000 to Kingston Township, on behalf of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance, for renovations to the group’s headquarters.

• $200,000 to Rice Township for road repair and a backhoe.

• $135,260 to Sugarloaf Township for a new dump truck and snow plow.

• $184,000 to White Haven Borough for the second phase of a borough building.

• $104,000 to Yatesville for a backhoe and other equipment.

• $120,000 to Dorrance Township for a dump truck and plow.

• $325,000 to Jenkins Township for upgrades to equipment and the municipal building.

• $50,000 to Laurel Run for equipment purchases.

• $250,000 to Newport Township for an equipment storage building.

• $40,000 to Rice Township, on behalf of the Mountain Top Council of Governments, for a storage building.

• $35,000 to West Hazleton, on behalf of the West Hazleton Little League, for improvements to a Little League field.

• $70,550 to Union Township for a salt and cinder storage building.

 

In the Multimodal

Transportation Fund:

• $1 million to Hazle Township for the extension of Hazle Township Boulevard.

• $560,000 to Pittston for a streetscape project on South Main Street.

• $323,600 to Plains Township for a streetscape project along Main Street.

• $550,000 to Hanover Township for a road resurfacing project.

• $673,000 to Nanticoke for a streetscape project in the downtown along East Main Street.

• $150,658 to West Pittston Borough for a road improvement project with Exeter and Wyoming Boroughs.

• $650,000 to Wilkes University for improvements to pedestrian safety near the Henry Student Center.