Itemization of transportation assistance projects

Act 47 of 1993, § 5, under CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECT ITEMIZATION ACT FOR 1993-1994 - ENACTMENT.

Act 47 of 1993, § 5

Section 5. Itemization of transportation assistance projects.

(a) Mass transit.--Additional capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects for mass transit in which an interest is to be acquired 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) Beaver County Transit Authority

(i) Purchase of transit vehicles and related equipment from Consolidated Bus Procurement Project

303,000

(2) Bedford County Air Industrial Authority, Bedford County

(i) Improvements to facility

300,000

(Base Project Allocation - $250,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $50,000)

(3) Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority

(i) Construction of a downtown transportation center

533,000

(ii) Purchase of transit vehicles and related equipment from Consolidated Bus Procurement Project

298,000

(iii) Fiscal Year 1993 associated capital items

44,000

(iv) Compress Natural Gas (CNG) bus procurement and related equipment

266,000

(4) Blair County Airport Authority, Blair County

(i) Access road, parking lot and terminal expansion

2,600,000

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

(Design and Contingencies - $600,000)

(5) Bradford Regional Airport

(i) Parallel taxiway for Runway 1432

2,500,000

(6) Cambria County Transit Authority

(i) Fuel dispensing equipment

46,000

(ii) Air circulation equipment

42,000

(iii) Garage roof

10,000

(iv) Garage expansion

25,000

(v) Storm water system

10,000

(vi) Floor replacement

34,000

(vii) Building repairs

5,000

(viii) Inclined plane fare collection equipment

4,000

(ix) Bus replacements

400,000

(x) Accessible vans (2)

9,000

(xi) Bus wash/water recycler

6,000

(xii) Road safety vehicle

4,000

(xiii) Inclined plane crosswalk

21,000

(7) Capital Area Transit

(i) Purchase of transit vehicles and related equipment from Consolidated Bus Procurement Project

536,000

(ii) Facility renovations and purchase of ten shelters

116,000

(iii) Purchase of various size transit vehicles, spare parts and related equipment

377,000

(8) Centre Area Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase of transit vehicles and related equipment from Consolidated Bus Procurement Project

729,000

(ii) Bus replacement (16 vehicles)

534,000

(iii) Construction of CNG fueling station

300,000

(iv) Office, shop, bus and capital maintenance items

42,000

(v) Update, replace and expand bus signage and passenger shelters

22,000

(vi) Equip fixed routes buses with bicycle racks

5,000

(vii) Acquisition of two lift-equipped paratransit vehicles

34,000

(viii) Service vehicle replacement

13,000

(9) Chambersburg Area Transit

(i) Purchase of trackless trolleys and related equipment

83,000

(10) City of Philadelphia

(i) Initial construction of Erie Avenue Subway

377,000

(ii) Light-rail transit upgrade

1,374,000

(iii) Construction of Eastwick Station

1,050,000

(iv) Chestnut Street Transitway extension

4,067,000

(11) Delaware River Port Authority

(i) Modifications to two Philadelphia stations

1,000,000

(12) Dubois-Jefferson County Airport

(i) Paving taxiway parallel to Runway 7

300,000

(ii) De-icing pad

10,000

(iii) State Route 830 terminal area relocation

19,000

(iv) Resurface Runway 25

63,000

(v) Snow removal equipment and storage building

8,000

(13) Elk County

(i) ATA-Area Transportation Authority

50,000

(A) Compressed natural gas compression station and conversion of vehicles

(Base Project Allocation - $50,000)

(14) Endless Mountains Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase of transit vehicles and related equipment from Consolidated Bus Procurement Project

42,000

(15) Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority

(i) Replacement of buses and rehabilitation of transit facilities

421,000

(ii) Purchase of transit vehicles and related equipment from Consolidated Bus Procurement Project

218,000

(iii) Fiscal Year 1992-1993 Section 9 Program of Projects, including facility rehabilitation, renovations and acquisition of equipment

13,000

(iv) Fiscal Year 1993-1994 Section 9 Program of Projects, including replacement buses, and facility rehabilitation and renovations

129,000

(v) Fiscal Year Federal Transit Administration 1993 Section 3 Erie Peach Street Corridor Intermodal Surface Transportation Project

848,000

(16) Transportation Assistance Projects

(i) Lackawanna County Transit Authority county projects, including, but not limited to, purchase of transit vehicles, improvements to transit facility, service vehicle replacement and office, shop, bus and capital maintenance items and vehicle renovations

3,300,000

(Base Project Allocation - $3,000,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $300,000)

(17) Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase of replacement buses

500,000

(ii) Purchase five community service transit buses

130,000

(iii) Purchase ten vans/minibuses for special service division - Metro Plus

55,000

(18) Luzerne County Transportation Authority

(i) Maintenance area improvements and purchase of office equipment

39,000

(ii) Purchase of transit vehicles

450,000

(iii) Improvements to facilities

250,000

(Base Project Allocation - $220,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $30,000)

(19) Area Transportation Authority of North Central Pennsylvania

(i) Purchase of heavy-duty vehicles and equipment

605,000

(20) Port Authority of Allegheny County

(i) Bus procurement and related equipment and facilities

13,600,000

(ii) Fiscal Year 1994 fixed guideway modernization

4,000,000

(iii) Fiscal Year 1994 Section 9 Program of Projects

4,000,000

(iv) Fiscal Year 1993-1994 vehicle overhaul

2,000,000

(v) Discretionary fixed guideway projects

1,100,000

(21) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

(i) Section 9 Program

9,160,000

(ii) Fixed Guideway Program

5,334,000

(iii) Substation improvements

209,000

(iv) Additional funds for the construction of bus maintenance facility

3,208,000

(v) Rehabilitation of North Philadelphia Station

521,000

(vi) Fiscal Year 1992-1993 Infrastructure Safety and Renewal Program

20,000,000

(vii) Fiscal Year 1993-1994 Vehicle Overhaul Program

35,000,000

(viii) Fiscal Year 1993-1994 Infrastructure Safety and Renewal Program

20,000,000

(ix) Fiscal Year 1993 Section 3 Fixed Guideway Program of Projects - additional

2,000,000

(x) Frankford elevated reconstruction - Fiscal Year 1994 requirement

8,334,000

(xi) Butler and Grange Substation Modernization - additional

167,000

(xii) For construction of an intrasuburban transit line from Downingtown, Chester County, to Morrisville, Bucks County

16,000,000

(22) St. Marys Airport

(i) Runway reconstruction Phase I and access road relocation

750,000

(ii) Runway reconstruction Phase II

750,000

(iii) Runway extension - 700 feet

500,000

(iv) Instrument Landing System

150,000

(23) Westmoreland County Transit Authority

(i) Bus replacement

267,000

(ii) Purchase of handicapped-accessible vans

23,000

(24) Williamsport Bureau of Transportation

(i) Purchase buses and spare parts

275,000

(ii) Purchase of transit vehicles and related equipment from Consolidated Bus Procurement Project

36,000

(25) York Area Transportation Authority

(i) Purchase of buses, fareboxes and radios

280,000

(26) Class 4 rural public transportation systems

(i) Projects, including, but not limited to, purchase of vehicles, vehicle overhaul, purchase of facilities, facility renovations, other capital equipment and associated capital items for Fiscal Year 1993-1994

2,250,000

(27) Class 3 public transportation systems

(i) Projects, including, but not limited to, purchase of vehicles, vehicle overhaul, purchase of facilities, facility renovations, other capital equipment and associated capital items for Fiscal Year 1993-1994

4,500,000

(28) Reading Regional Airport, Berks County

(i) Replacement of HVAC system in passenger terminal building

500,000

(Base Project Allocation - $450,000)

(Design and Contingencies - $50,000)

(ii) Removal of storage tanks during property cleanup

250,000

(iii) Demolition of Hangar 501

300,000

(29) Indiana County Airport, Indiana County

(i) Airport improvements, including, but not limited to, runway improvements and resurfacing, ramp and taxiway improvements and resurfacing, hangar construction and improvements, marking and lighting projects and aviation development as defined in 74 Pa.C.S. Pt. III (relating to aviation)

2,231,000

(Base Project Allocation - $2,231,000)

(30) Clearfield - Lawrence Airport Authority

(i) Improvements to airport facility

2,000,000

(31) Rostraver Airport - Westmoreland County

(i) Runway extension

2,000,000

(ii) Construction of new hangar

300,000

(iii) Expansion of equipment building to new terminal

200,000

(b) 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) Blair County

(i) Morrison's Cove Railroad Company

(A) Replacement track and rebuild switches and grade crossings

128,000

(2) Bucks County

(i) Morrisville Transportation Center

(A) Construction of transportation center

25,000,000

(3) Butler County

(i) Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

(A) Butler to Bruin main line track road crossing and bridge work rehabilitation

1,625,000

(4) Centre County

(i) Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad

(A) Rail replacement between Milepost 34 and Milepost 40

1,200,000

(5) Clarion County

(i) Mountain Laurel Railroad Company

(A) Rehabilitation of track

3,500,000

(ii) Shannon Transport, Incorporated

(A) Track rehabilitation, construction and upgrade

528,000

(iii) Conrail or successor in interest

(A) Rehabilitate low-grade rail line between Lawsonham, Clarion County, and Driftwood, Cameron County, and Clarion Secondary between Piny, Clarion County, and Brookville, Jefferson County

7,000,000

(6) Columbia County

(i) North Shore Railroad

(A) Rail replacement between Milepost 191 and Milepost 199

1,440,000

(7) Crawford County

(i) Southern Tier Rail Coalition

(A) Purchase of Conrail line between Hornell, New York, and Meadville

20,000,000

(8) Cumberland County

(i) Cumberland Valley Railroad

(A) Purchase of Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge

40,000

(9) Erie County

(i) East Erie Commercial Railroad

(A) Track replacement

471,000

(10) Fayette County

(i) LaBelle Processing Plant

(A) Upgrade and relocate leased Conrail track and construct clean coal storage area and high-speed loadout in Brownsville

3,920,000

(ii) Greater Uniontown Industrial Fund

(A) Capital acquisition and rehabilitation of CSX Transportation, Inc., FM&P subdivision between Smithfield and Greene Junction and connecting trackage to Connellsville

4,000,000

(11) Luzerne County

(i) Canadian Pacific Rail System/Delaware and Hudson Railway Company, Inc., or their successor in interest

(A) Upgrade track, bridges and other facilities between Dupont in Luzerne County and Sunbury in Northumberland County, including design, engineering and all other associated costs

5,500,000

(ii) East Mahoney and Hazleton Railroad

(A) Rehabilitation of Jeddo Tunnel

450,000

(iii) Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership, Inc.

(A) Construction of rail spur

221,000

(iv) Pocono Northeast Railway, Inc.

(A) Rehabilitation of Susquehanna River bridge

504,000

(12) Montgomery County

(i) Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

(A) Repair and restoration and feasibility study for developing a comprehensive plan for utilization of the Stony Creek railroad for freight and mass transportation purposes between Norristown Borough and Lansdale Borough

500,000

(Base Project Allocation - $500,000)

(13) Montour County

(i) SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority

(A) Replacement of tracks

720,000

(14) Schuylkill County

(i) Reading, Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad

(A) Rehabilitate Delano Township Bridge

50,000

(15) Warren County

(i) Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

(A) Track removal and restoration of right-of-way

600,000

(16) York County

(i) Yorkrail, Incorporated

(A) Track replacement and right-of-way improvements

771,000

(ii) Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad

(A) Rehabilitation and renovation of West Branch

657,000

(17) Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad Rehabilitation Project

(i) Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.

(A) Additional funds for rehabilitation of various mainline segments of Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad to Class III and/or Class II standards

11,755,000

(B) Johnsonburg Bypass rail connection between Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad and the Allegheny and Eastern Railroad

3,000,000

(18) Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railroad

(i) DuBois Bypass rail construction

(A) Construct Mosgrove connection between Pittsburgh and Shawmut Railroad and Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad

2,000,000

(B) Tunnel clearance project on five tunnels to increase clearance to 20 feet 8 inches

3,000,000

(19) Department of Transportation

(i) Acquisition of trainsets

(A) ((A) repealed Oct. 10, 1997, P.L.392, No.47)

Compiler's Note: The voters approved the incurring of indebtedness of $50,000,000 at the municipal election held on November 2, 1993.