{"id":111864,"date":"2022-04-20T21:56:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T01:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111864"},"modified":"2022-04-20T21:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T01:56:23","slug":"state-rep-robert-freeman-announces-lafayette-college-awarded-710000-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111864","title":{"rendered":"State Rep. Robert Freeman Announces &#8211; Lafayette College awarded $710,000 grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HARRISBURG, April 20 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Lafayette College will receive a $710,000 grant to install traffic-calming devices, according to state Rep. Robert Freeman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am glad to see this money being returned to our area so that Lafayette College can make improvements to the immediate vicinity of the campus and the adjoining neighborhood to keep pedestrians safe,\u201d said Freeman, D-Northampton.<\/p>\n<p>The college will use money to install curb bump-outs and marked crosswalks, and add light fixtures, bicycle racks, benches, landscaping and street trees.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman said the local grant is one of 43 projects across the state to improve transportation alternatives and enhance mobility and public accessibility that were funded through the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration awarded $54.1 million to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation through the Surface Transportation Block Grant program Set-Aside or Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside. Before the passage of the BIL, only $18 million would have been available to the state to fund 21 other projects.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penndot.pa.gov\/ProjectAndPrograms\/Planning\/Pages\/Transportation%20Alternatives%20Set-Aside%20-%20Surface%20Trans.%20Block%20Grant%20Program.aspx\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.penndot.pa.gov\/ProjectAndPrograms\/Planning\/Pages\/Transportation%2520Alternatives%2520Set-Aside%2520-%2520Surface%2520Trans.%2520Block%2520Grant%2520Program.aspx&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1650587928263000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3XsJst5wH0L1ltVylMakwN\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTom Andrews<br \/>\nHouse Democratic Communications Office<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, April 20 \u2013\u00a0Lafayette College will receive a $710,000 grant to install traffic-calming devices, according to state Rep. Robert Freeman. \u201cI am glad to see this money being returned to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=111864\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">State Rep. Robert Freeman Announces &#8211; Lafayette College awarded $710,000 grant<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Lafayette-College.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}