Itemization of transportation assistance projects

Act 113 of 1988, § 5, under CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECT ITEMIZATION ACT - 1987/1988.

Act 113 of 1988, § 5

Section 5. Itemization of transportation assistance projects.

(a) Rural and intercity rail.--Additional capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects for rural and intercity rail service projects to be constructed or with respect to which an interest is to be acquired by the Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized, together with their respective estimated financial costs, as follows:

Total

Project

Project

Allocation

(1) Berks, Lehigh and Montgomery Counties

(i) Dillinger Tunnel

(A) Construction of tunnel liner for the Dillinger Tunnel and rehabilitation of track to Class II safety standards on Commonwealth-owned railline, USRA 906

2,400,000

(Base Project Allocation - $2,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $400,000)

(2) Berks County

(i) USRA Line 197B

(A) For purchase of the Federal Government's 90% share of USRA Line 197B from milepost 13.38 to milepost 25.90, extending from the Borough of Temple to the Borough of Hamburg

614,000

(Base Project Allocation - $614,000)

(3) Bucks County

(i) Silvi Concrete Products, Inc.

(A) Rehabilitate rail siding at Riverside

143,000

(Base Project Allocation - $130,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $13,000)

(4) Chester County

(i) Octoraro Railroad

(A) Acquisition of USRA Line 142: acquisition of 36.2 miles of USRA Line 142 in Chester County

749,000

(Base Project Allocation - $681,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $68,000)

(B) Acquisition of USRA Line 939: acquisition of 9.6 miles of USRA Line 939 in the State of Delaware

665,000

(Base Project Allocation - $605,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $60,000)

(5) Centre and Clinton Counties

(i) SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority

(A) Rehabilitation of Bald Eagle branch railline, milepost 34.6 to milepost 51.5

53,000

(Base Project Allocation - $53,000)

(B) Capital acquisition and rehabilitation of Consolidated Rail Corporation Bald Eagle Branch, milepost 34.6 to milepost 51.5 between Curtin Village and Mill Hall

707,000

(Base Project Allocation - $707,000)

(6) Erie County

(i) Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority

(A) Purchase of certain equipment

12,000

(Base Project Allocation - $12,000)

(7) Fayette County

(i) LaBelle Processing Company

(A) Rehabilitate, upgrade and extend rail facilities

515,000

(Base Project Allocation - $468,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $47,000)

(8) Franklin County

(i) Consolidated Rail Corporation

(A) Rehabilitation of the Conrail main line from milepost 40.4 C.P. Ship to milepost 74.8 Hager

5,500,000

(Base Project Allocation - $5,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $500,000)

(9) Jefferson County

(i) DSB Company

(A) Construction of coal loading facility near Reynoldsville

275,000

(Base Project Allocation - $250,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $25,000)

(10) Lackawanna County

(i) Lackawanna County Railroad Authority

(A) Construction of bulk/lumber terminal in Scranton

73,000

(Base Project Allocation - $66,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $7,000)

(B) Construction of siding and team track in Carbondale

60,000

(Base Project Allocation - $55,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $5,000)

(C) Construction of siding and motor vehicle ramp in Mayfield

40,000

(Base Project Allocation - $36,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $4,000)

(D) Rail crossing and signal rehabilitation

550,000

(Base Project Allocation - $500,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $50,000)

(E) For purposes of, but not limited to, commuter service, leasing and/or purchasing of passenger equipment mini-passenger stations, general operations, railroad right-of-way maintenance, restoration and/or rehabilitation of railroad right-of-way and railroad yards

4,400,000

(Base Project Allocation - $4,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $400,000)

(ii) City of Scranton

(A) Steamtown U.S.A., for purpose of, but not limited to, rail rehabilitation maintenance of railroad steam and diesel engines and railroad cars; railroad museum; salaries, general operations, purchase of equipment, engines, cars, and parts, both new and used; advertising, acquisition, railroad right-of-way, beautification

4,400,000

(Base Project Allocation - $4,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $400,000)

(iii) Borough of Dunmore

(A) High-mass sodium vapor lighting, intersection of O'Neil Highway and I-81, Exit 55

300,000

(Base Project Allocation - $300,000)

(11) Montour County

(i) Pennsylvania Power & Light Company

(A) Construction of new rail siding at Montour power plant

514,000

(Base Project Allocation - $467,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $47,000)

(12) Northumberland County

(i) SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority

(A) Capital acquisition of the Consolidated Rail Corporation Paxinos Industrial Track, milepost 13.17 to milepost 18.3

170,000

(Base Project Allocation - $170,000)

(B) Capital acquisition and rehabilitation of the Consolidated Rail Corporation Shamokin Secondary Line, milepost 131.0 to milepost 156.2

750,000

(Base Project Allocation - $750,000)

(C) Capital acquisition and rehabilitation of the Consolidated Rail Corporation Carbon Run branch line, milepost 0.00 to milepost 1.46

127,000

(Base Project Allocation - $127,000)

(D) Capital acquisition and rehabilitation of the Consolidated Rail Corporation Shamokin Secondary Track, milepost 24.3 to milepost 25.86

137,000

(Base Project Allocation - $137,000)

(E) Rehabilitation of Shamokin-Carbon Run branch rail lines

271,000

(Base Project Allocation - $271,000)

(13) Philadelphia County

(i) Chessie System Railroads C5X Transportation

(A) Increase clearance on Schuylkill Avenue Bridge

247,000

(Base Project Allocation - $225,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $22,000)

(B) Increase vertical track clearance - Feltonville to Port of Philadelphia

478,000

(Base Project Allocation - $435,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $43,000)

(14) Warren County

(i) Allegheny Railroad

(A) Install welded rail on Erie-Emporium Line

728,000

(Base Project Allocation - $662,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $66,000)

(15) Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

(i) State-owned raillines

(A) Rehabilitation of 121 State-owned railroad structures located on 12 State-owned raillines throughout this Commonwealth

4,400,000

(Base Project Allocation - $4,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $400,000)

(16) Conrail

(i) Ohio State Line to Harrisburg

(A) Increase vertical clearance to a height of 20 feet 6 inches to allow double stack containers to move between the Ohio State Line and Harrisburg, including the removal of one structure, raising 22 structures, lowering the track structures at 19 locations and modifying two structures

23,527,000

(Base Project Allocation - $23,527,000)

(ii) Harrisburg to Reading

(A) Increase vertical clearance to a height of 20 feet 6 inches to allow double stack containers to move between Harrisburg and Reading, including raising five structures and lowering the track structure at two locations

1,894,000

(Base Project Allocation - $1,894,000)

(iii) Reading to Philadelphia

(A) Increase vertical clearance to a height of 20 feet 6 inches to allow double stack containers to move between Reading and South Philadelphia, including raising three structures, lowering the track structure at 15 locations, removing one structure and modifying one structure

12,421,000

(Base Project Allocation - $12,421,000)

(b) Mass transit.--Additional capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects for mass transit in which an interest is to be acquired in or constructed by the Department of Transportation, its successors or assigns, and to be financed by the incurring of debt, are hereby itemized, together with their estimated financial costs, as follows:

Total

Project

Project

Allocation

(1) Altoona Metro Transit

(i) Building renovation, office furniture and equipment, shop tools and equipment, info display and spare parts

27,000

(2) Amtrak

(i) Passenger Station, Pittsburgh

501,000

(3) Area Transportation Authority of North

Central Pennsylvania

(i) Administrative/maintenance facilities and equipment

64,000

(ii) Purchase of buses, related vehicle and garage equipment, and bus washer

191,000

(4) Beaver County Transit Authority

(i) Purchase of buses, radios and fareboxes

64,000

(ii) Purchase buses, communications and fleet monitoring equipment, shelters and capital maintenance items

143,000

(5) Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase of buses, radios and spare parts

458,000

(ii) Purchase buses, related equipment and shop tools and equipment

413,000

(6) Cambria County Transit Authority

(i) Purchase of vehicles, tools, parts and equipment

51,000

(ii) Shop tools, equipment and parts, computer hardware and software, maintenance garage expansion, inspection vehicle, and park and ride facility

600,000

(iii) Construction of and improvements to information and visitor center at inclined plane

3,000,000

(7) Centre Area Transportation Authority

(i) Facilities construction

105,000

(8) County of Lackawanna Transit System

(i) Purchase of message kiosks, informational displays, supervisory vehicle, and telephone and control system

25,000

(ii) Installation of oil interceptor removal trap and filter

60,000

(iii) Replacement of the transit system communication base station and repeater

9,500

(iv) Purchase of two small transit buses with wheelchair lifts and two wheelchair accessible minivans

146,000

(9) County of Lebanon Transit Authority

(i) Purchase of buses, service vehicle and shop tools and equipment

106,000

(10) Delaware River Port Authority

(i) Reverse signalization

542,000

(ii) Subway fire and smoke control system

333,000

(11) Dubois, Falls Creek and Sandy Transit

Authority

(i) Purchase of replacement vehicles

35,000

(12) Endless Mountains Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase of buses

17,000

(13) Erie Metro Transit Authority

(i) Purchase of buses and construction of a pole barn and lift and vehicle storage facility with paint booth

415,000

(ii) Paint booth/pole barn equipment, 15 fareboxes, 15 radios, floor scrubber, furniture and office equipment and fueling system

26,000

(iii) Various authority improvement projects

986,000

(14) Lehigh and Northampton Transportation

Authority

(i) Purchase of vehicles and shop and office equipment

37,000

(ii) Purchase of four vans/mini buses

22,000

(iii) Purchase of buses and associated equipment

551,000

(iv) Program of miscellaneous equipment purchases and improvements

34,000

(v) Purchase buses and related equipment, vans and miscellaneous equipment

605,000

(vi) Garage, shop and office renovations

100,000

(15) Luzerne County Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase buses and radio system

272,000

(16) Mid-Mon Valley

(i) Purchase of buses, shelters and signs

67,000

(ii) Purchase buses, shelters, bus stop signs, radio equipment and office furniture and equipment

71,000

(17) Monroe County Transportation Authority

(i) Construction of office/maintenance facility and purchase of buses and lift

77,000

(18) Pottstown Borough

(i) Purchase of buses

158,000

(19) Port Authority of Allegheny County

(i) 1986 Program: Trolley and garage rehabilitation, brake retarders, radio system modernization, bridge inspection and replacement of support vehicles

2,639,000

(ii) 1987 Program: Trolley and garage rehabilitation, brake retarders, radio system modernization, bridge inspection and replacement of support vehicles

2,298,000

(iii) Garage rehabilitation program

10,383,000

(iv) East Busway Extension design, engineering and construction

8,667,000

(v) 1988 Program: including rail rehabilitation, trolley rehabilitation, garage rehabilitation, bus radio system modernization program, transit bridge inspection program, support vehicles, miscellaneous maintenance, office equipment, improvements to fixed facilities and assorted capital maintenance items and bus replacement program

3,467,000

(vi) For transit and rail vehicle overhaul, including, but not limited to, engines, transmissions, air conditioning, electrical systems and interior furnishings overhaul for buses and motors, transformers, compressors, air conditioning systems and electrical systems overhaul for rail vehicles

6,000,000

(vii) 1989 Program: including garage rehabilitation, replacement of fareboxes, construction of South Hills Junction Building No. 1, improvements to the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway, rail rehabilitation, bus replacement, radio modernization, miscellaneous support vehicles, equipment, improvements to fixed facilities and associated capital maintenance items

2,750,000

(viii) For transit and rail vehicle overhaul, including, but not limited to, engines, transmissions, air conditioning, electrical systems and interior furnishings overhaul for buses and motors, transformers, compressors, air conditioning systems and electrical systems overhaul for rail vehicles

11,750,000

((viii) added July 11, 1989, P.L.320, No.54)

(20) Red Rose Transit Authority

(i) Purchase of vehicles and equipment, retrofit air conditioning and windows in buses, improvements to shelters and signs, and construction of and improvements to information centers

152,000

(ii) Purchase of equipment, facility improvement and construction of a park and ride lot

20,000

(21) Schuylkill Transportation System

(i) Purchase of shelters, shop tools and equipment

50,000

(ii) Purchase buses and related equipment

75,000

(22) Shenango Valley Shuttle Service

(i) Construct communications room, purchase administration and service vehicles

22,000

(23) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation

Authority

(i) Construction of Roberts Avenue maintenance facility, purchase of buses and modernization of Wayne Junction substation and facility renovations

9,098,000

(ii) Purchase of high speed line cars and construction of a maintenance facility

10,000,000

(iii) Modernization of Wyoming shop and purchase of related equipment

2,500,000

(iv) Luzerne maintenance facility modernization

5,000,000

(v) Railroad bridge improvement program

3,684,000

(vi) Transit and rail vehicle overhaul, including, but not limited to, engines, transmissions, air conditioning, electrical systems and interior furnishings overhaul for buses and motors, transformers, compressors, air conditioning systems and electrical systems overhaul for rail vehicles

16,000,000

(vii) Fiscal Year 1987 Section 9 program, including Wayne Junction substation modernization, Utility Fleet Renewal VII, NHSL signal system modernization (additional), transit track improvement program, BSS Express Tracks (construction additional), RRD signal system modernization (Engineering), RRD and STD bridge modernization program

8,805,000

(viii) Midvale-Heppenstal land acquisition

626,000

(ix) Broad Street subway express tracks-Construction

915,000

(x) Federal Railroad Administration speed control installation

3,334,000

(xi) Frankford elevated reconstruction FY 87 requirement

8,667,000

(xii) Media-West Chester branch signal modernization

2,500,000

(xiii) Media-West Chester branch track renewal

1,750,000

(xiv) Rehabilitation of signal system and track between Ivy Ridge line and Paoli/Harrisburg line

750,000

The availability of these transit and rail vehicle overhaul funds to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority is contingent upon the operation during fiscal year 1988 of all transit and regional rail routes in existence as of October 1, 1986.

(xv) Fiscal Year 1988 Section 9 Program

(A) Mainline Bridge and system improvements project to continue rehabilitation of the facilities between Brown Street and Wayne Junction

7,630,000

(xvi) Frankford elevated rehabilitation

11,667,000

(xvii) CTD high speed tunnel emergency exits

362,000

(xviii) RRD catenary structures

800,000

(xix) RRD track improvement

1,600,000

(xx) Subway/elevated structural rehabilitation

1,350,000

(xxi) CTD/STD track improvements

3,000,000

(xxii) Rail station improvements

1,500,000

(xxiii) Bridge renewal and rehabilitation

2,000,000

(xxiv) Transit signal and communication system upgrade

1,000,000

(xxv) RRD signal and power systems upgrade

1,800,000

(xxvi) Transit and rail vehicle overhaul, including, but not limited to, engines, transmissions, air conditioning, electrical systems and interior furnishings overhaul for buses and motors, transformers, compressors, air conditioning systems and electrical systems overhaul for rail vehicles

33,000,000

((xxvi) added July 11, 1989, P.L.320, No.54)

(24) Williamsport Bureau of Transportation

(i) Garage/office renovation and purchase of spare parts, and office and shop equipment

83,000

(ii) Purchase of spare parts, shop and office equipment

17,000

(25) York Area Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase of equipment, parts and shelters

45,000

(26) City of Scranton

(i) Purchase of rubber tire trolley cars for downtown transit

550,000

(27) State Transportation Commission

(i) Purchase of radio communication equipment

550,000

(28) Westmoreland County Transit Authority

(i) Purchase of buses, computer, shop equipment, land and the construction of terminal and office

110,000

(ii) Purchase land, small buses, shop equipment and computers; construct office/terminal facility

109,000

(29) City of Philadelphia

(i) Chestnut Street transitway improvements - Engineering

150,000

(ii) Erie Avenue Station intermodal improvements - Engineering

45,000

(iii) Allegheny Avenue light rail demonstration project

205,000

(30) State College urbanized area

(i) Purchase office, shop and bus maintenance items, and service vehicles

43,000

(31) City of Washington

(i) Purchase vans, computer equipment, bus stop signs, shelter panels and capital maintenance items

25,000

(32) Department of Transportation

(i) Rail passenger car acquisition and rehabilitation

2,083,000

(33) Local transportation organizations, other

than SEPTA and the Port Authority of Allegheny County

(i) For transit and rail vehicle overhaul, including, but not limited to, engines, transmissions, air conditioning, electrical systems and interior furnishings overhaul for buses and motors, transformers, compressors, air conditioning systems and electrical systems overhaul for rail vehicles

2,000,000

(ii) New terminal and garage at Stroudsburg

275,000

(iii) For transit and rail vehicle overhaul, including, but not limited to, engines, transmissions, air conditioning, electrical systems and interior furnishings overhaul for buses and motors, transformers, compressors, air conditioning systems and electrical systems overhaul for rail vehicles

2,500,000

((iii) added July 11, 1989, P.L.320, No.54)