Results tagged “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” from Road Runner

The buses parked at the West Manchester Mall made me do a double-take as I left work one night recently.

And they'll be parked there for a couple more weeks as Rabbittransit's parking lot is upgraded.

The transit agency is using $350,000 in federal stimulus funds for the work.

Rabbittransit has been at its location on Roosevelt Avenue for 17 years now, and the blacktop was disintigrating, executive director Richard Farr said.

The upgraded parking lot will include an oil and water separator as the agency continues to go green.

The transit agency hasn't received any calls about the buses being parked at the mall, but people have been talking about it with Rabbittransit employees.

"It's a little strange - not something you see every day," Farr said.

The state recently submitted applications for $3.1 billion in stimulus funds to make high-speed rail improvements, according to a news release.

One of the applications is for the Keystone Corridor East from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. It would include construction of four separate projects, including adding a third express track between Atglen and Paoli.

The improvements would help to increase the train speed to a maximum of 125 miles per hour, reducing trip times.

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Hempt Bros. Inc. of Camp Hill with $2.8 million, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

A total of five companies bid on the project, which is being paid for with stimulus funds. Here are the bids:

Hempt Bros. Inc. of Camp Hill: $2.8 million

J.D. Eckman Inc. of Atglen: $2.9 million

Valley Quarries Inc. of Chambersburg: $3 million

Kinsley Construction Inc. of York: $3.1 million

Pennsy Supply Inc. of Hummelstown: $3.2 million.

The project calls for repairing and resurfacing Route 15 between Golf Course Road and the Cumberland County line.

It looks like Route 15 in York County could be resurfaced with stimulus funds after all.

Bids for projects funded through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have been coming in about 11 percent below estimates,according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

That has allowed the state to add another 52 projects to the list of highway and bridge improvements.

The list includes $3.6 million for resurfacing Route 15 from Golf Course Road to the Cumberland County line.

Route 15 had been on a preliminary list earlier this year as a stimulus project but was not selected in the first round.

The public can learn more about the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's programs and services through an electronic newsletter, "E-PennDOT Digest," according to a news release.

The quarterly online newsletter will include updates on initiatives, such as the Accelerated Bridge Program and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. People can find news related to public transportation, aviation and rail freight.

And they can read how emplyees go the extra mile to serve taxpayers.

The newsletter is available by clicking on "E-PennDOT Digest" under the "News & Media" link on PennDOT's web site: www.dot.state.pa.us.