State College Borough will receive $725,202 in new state grants for pedestrian and infrastructure improvements as part of its ongoing Calder Way project, state Reps. Scott Conklin, D-Rush Township, and Paul Takac, D-College Township, said on Thursday.
The money is part of more than $3.1 million awarded Tuesday to House District 77 and 82 municipalities and agencies in Centre County from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund and Small Water and Sewer Program.
“The new funding will help our townships and boroughs tackle multiple projects across the district to address paving needs and strengthen water, sewer and stormwater infrastructure,” Conklin said in a statement. “The funding will also support improvements to Calder Way in State College, to enhance pedestrian and cyclist safety.”
State College will receive grants of $425,202 to enhance bicycle and pedestrian safety and $300,000 for stormwater system replacement on Calder Way.
The multi-year Calder Way project, which has received several state grants, is set to kick off its $3 million second phase between South Fraser Street and South Atherton Street with work to include replacement of sanitary sewer, stormwater, water main and gas main lines, removal of previously abandoned lines and providing provisions for electric and telecommunications lines to be moved underground.. The project’s first phase took place in 2024 and involved similar work from McAllister Street to South Fraser Street.
Future phases of the project are expected to cover the eastern end of Calder Way from McAllister Street to High Street. The utility replacements are being done ahead of work to create a more pedestrian- and bicyclist-friendly corridor that will include myriad streetscape improvements in future phases, which are expected to take place through at least 2028.
A total of nine municipalities and authorities in the two districts received funding from the Multimodal Transportation Fund — which is separate from a PennDOT program of the same name — and Small Water and Sewer Program.
“Safe, reliable infrastructure is the backbone of thriving communities,” Takac said in a statement. “Often unseen and underappreciated, stormwater and sewer systems are essential for maintaining quality of life and protecting our communities and environment from damaging floods. These awards will make Calder Way and local roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists while modernizing stormwater and wastewater systems from Bald Eagle to the Mountaintop.”
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION FUND
• Patton Township: $174,150 for the Douglas Drive drainage improvement project, involving rehabilitation of a stormwater pipe along North Oak Lane and Douglas Drive in the Park Forest Village area.
• Snow Shoe Township: $325,000 for rehabilitation of Gorton and Fountain roads.
• Snow Shoe Township: $146,250 for Kato Road Improvement Phase III.
• State College: $425,202 for the Calder Way Transportation Improvement Project to enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists.
• State College: $300,000 for the Calder Way stormwater system replacement project.
• Taylor Township: $400,000 for roadway improvements to two sections of South Mountain Road.
• Worth Township: $350,000 for road paving and other upgrades to rehabilitate East Mountain Road.
SMALL WATER AND SEWER PROGRAM
• Liberty Township Sewer Department: $64,125 for sewer improvements on Beech Street and Alley Street.
• Mountaintop Area Municipal Authority: $399,925 for improvements at the Moshannon Wastewater Treatment Facility.
• ORD Sewer Authority: $276,887 for wastewater treatment facility improvements.
• Port Matilda Borough: $276,724 to for the Brickyard Waterline Extension Project.
