Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced $12,706,568 in federal funding for Lancaster to make the city’s most dangerous roads safer for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant will fund projects including intersection improvements like crosswalk upgrades, roadway lighting, signal improvements, leading pedestrian indicators, and no turn on red signs; safety projects at schools; restoring one-way streets back to two-way; red light and speeding enforcement; before-and-after studies; and walk audits.
“This $12.7 million investment is not only a game-changer for Lancaster, it’s a lifesaver,” said Senator Casey. “These extensive projects will help protect Lancaster residents and make the city safer for all who visit. I won’t stop fighting for more infrastructure upgrades in South Central Pennsylvania and across the Commonwealth.”
The projects are concentrated in the city’s high-injury network (HIN). In Lancaster, the HIN is 6% of the road network yet accounts for 77% of fatal and serious injury crashes, as well as 66% of all pedestrian and cyclist crashes. Over the five years studied, 63% of severe and fatal crashes occurred at intersections, 57% of severe or fatal crashes involved aggressive driving, and 15% involved speeding.
