Section 5. Itemization of transportation assistance projects.
(a) 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:
Base Land Design and Total
Project Project Acqui- Contingency Project
Allocation sition Allocation Allocation
(1) Depart-
ment of
Transporta-
tion
(i) Blair
County and
Centre County;
Acquisition
and Rehabili-
tation of the
Following
Rail Lines by
the SEDA -
COG Joint
Rail Authority:
Tyrone-
Milesburg,
Mile Post
3.00 to
32.00
Bellefonte
Secondary Line,
Mile Post
30.8 to 42.5
Pleasant
Gap Industri-
al Track $300,000 $350,000 $650,000
(ii) Northumberland,
Montour and
Columbia Counties:
(A) Acquisi-
tion and re-
habilitation
of the Conrail
Bloomsburg
Branch by the
SEDA - COG
Joint Rail
Authority,
Mile Post
177.5 to
213.45 150,000 200,000 350,000
(iii) Clinton
County:
(A) Wayne Twp.
Construction
of a rail
spur to
the Clinton
County In-
dustrial
Park by
the Clinton
County In-
dustrial
Development
Authority
at McElhat-
tan, Length
0.6 Mile 298,000 42,000 340,000
(B) Bald Eagle
and Cast-
anea Twps.
Capital acqui-
sition costs for
the Mill Hall
Branch Milepost
11.1 to Milepost
13.0 by
the Industrial
Development
Corporation of
Clinton
County 331,000 127,000 60,000 518,000
(iv) Erie, Forest,
Elk and Warren
Counties:
(A) Rehabilitation
and improvement
of the former
Conrail line
between Erie
and St. Marys
to FRA Class III
Standards 3,778,000 3,778,000
(v) Schuylkill
County:
(A) For acquisi-
tion, rehabilita-
tion and con-
struction of the
following adjoining
lines: Shimer
Running Track,
Milepost 148.3 to
Milepost 158.4;
Catawissa Branch
Line, Milepost
103.5 to Milepost
109.0; and Tamaqua,
Hazleton and
Northern Branch
Line, Milepost
109.0 to Milepost
109.5 2,000,000 500,000 2,500,000
(b) Additional capital projects in the category of transportation assistance projects with respect to which an interest is to be acquired in or constructed by the Pennsylvania 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, and the total additional amount authorized for the transportation assistance projects, as follows:
Base Design and Total
Project Project Contingency Project
Allocation Allocation Allocation
(1) Port Authority
of Allegheny County
(i) Provision of
commuter rail
service from
Pittsburgh through
Harrison Township
(A) Purchase of
rail cars $2,000,000 $400,000 $2,400,000
(B) Construction
of station stops 100,000 20,000 120,000
(2) City of
Philadelphia
(i) Eastwick Sta-
tion Project 752,000 752,000
This project is intended to replace the previously authorized projects; Eastwick High-Speed Surface Line in Act 1970-263; Eastwick High-Speed Subway-Surface Line Relocation in Act 1974-346; and additional funds for PT- , Eastwick High-Speed Line Relocation in Act 1976-138.