CRANBERRY TWP — Supervisors approved an agreement Thursday, April 27, with Progress Place Holdings — the final piece needed for the Route 19 and Progress Avenue improvement project.

“We’ve been working some time to get a signal installed,” said Dan Santoro, township manager. “We’re in the permitting process with PennDOT at Route 19 and Progress Avenue. That’s one of the more dangerous intersections in the township.”

The intersection, Santoro said, has been the scene of “serious accidents” in the township. He said the improvement project aims not only to install a signal at the intersection, but also to realign traffic and add turning lanes.

Santoro said the township already has agreements with the owners of the Dairy Queen and Fun Fore All Family Fun Park at the intersection, as well as over $700,000 in grant funds for the project.

“We did need to secure one additional piece of temporary construction easement and right of way from the owner of the (Cleveland Brothers Equipment Company) on that corner on Progress (Avenue),” Santoro said. “So we’ve come to agreement with that property owner, and we’re asking the board to authorize acquisition of that temporary and permanent right of way, if you will, for construction of the traffic signal.”

Bids have already been authorized for the project and are due May 18, according to Santoro, and construction is expected to take around nine months to complete.

“It really cleans up that intersection and makes it a lot safer,” Santoro said.