The Sienna Village development is to be located along Route 228, near the Weatherburn Heights neighborhood in Middlesex Township. Butler Eagle File Photo

MIDDLESEX TWP — The Middlesex Township supervisors are preparing for an upcoming residential development by making sure that new residents can safely travel by road when the complex opens.

At the monthly work session Wednesday, Aug. 2, the board voted to apply for a grant that would go toward a new traffic signal at the intersection of Route 228 and Weatherburn Drive, near the planned location for the Sienna Village residential development.

The grant would come from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund. If awarded, the municipality would have to match the grant with local funding of at least 30% of the amount of the grant.