‘Infamous’ Route 8 intersection in Penn Township getting improvements
Decade-old traffic signals at the intersection of Route 8 and Airport Road, the site of numerous car crashes and fatal accidents, soon will be replaced through state grant money.
After applying for the grant four times since 2017, Penn Township is finally getting $446,706 from PennDOT’s Automated Red-Light Enforcement grant, which Supervisor Chairman Sam Ward said will improve the safety of the “infamous” intersection.
“That light is from the 1986 era. It has been battered over the years,” Ward said Wednesday, Jan.4. “There will be signal turning lanes, advanced warning signs that are illuminated, and it will be a much safer intersection.”
A Wednesday news release from Gov. Tom Wolf’s office said 32 municipalities across the state received grant funding, which “aims to improve safety at signalized intersections by providing automated enforcement at locations where data shows red-light running has been an issue.”
