Centre County Municipalities to Receive $5.5 Million in Liquid Fuels Funds

Centre County municipalities will receive a combined $5.5 million for road maintenance and improvement projects through Pennsylvania’s Municipal Liquid Fuels Program, PennDOT announced on Monday.

The funds are part of a statewide distribution of $466.2 million in payments from liquid fuels taxes allocated to municipalities for expenses like road repaving and snow removal.

“The funds received through liquid fuels payments are critical to the preservation and improvement of our vast network of locally maintained roads,” said PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards. “They are essential to communities for the upkeep of these vital connections to the state highway and bridge network.”

State College will receive the highest payment in Centre County with $925,656. That is slightly more than the projected $906,000 in the 2017 borough budget. Last year State College received $884,468.

The payments to other Centre Region municipalities and what they received last year:

• Ferguson Township – $590,461 ($560,465 in 2016)

• Patton Township – $468,100 ($447,348 in 2016)

• College Township – $321,313 ($305,562 in 2016)

• Harris Township – $180,797 ($171,975 in 2016)

• Halfmoon Township – $114,625 ($109,568 in 2016)

Outside of the Centre Region, Spring Township had the highest payment at $269,527.

The statewide distributions are a $20.9 million, or 5 percent, increase over last year.