|
Please note:
revised paving schedules will be posted in January.
All paving schedules
/ projects are subject to
change based on weather conditions and the Northampton Board of Supervisors
approval.
| Click
any of the links below for details on
the paving project from 1998 - 2007 |
1998 (Completed) |
2004
(Completed) |
|
1999 (Completed) |
2005
(Completed) |
|
2000 (Completed) |
2006 |
|
2001 (Completed) |
2007 |
|
2002 (Completed) |
|
|
2003
(Completed) |
|
All state
funds must be used on highways/
roadways and a percentage can be used towards equipment, salaries, materials,
maintenance,
and/or snow removal, etc.
These paving
projects are paid in part by 2
different state fund programs:
1. State
Liquid Fuels Allocation:
A portion of the gas tax that is levied
by the state goes to
PennDot and the remaining portion goes into
a pool of
monies that gets distributed to all townships.
The
percentage that each township receives is based
on it's
population and the total mileage of dedicated
roadways.
Northampton Township received $650,330 in 1999
from the
Liquid Fuels Fund.
The
Liquid Fuels money is derived from the 12 cents per
gallon tax which all of us pay at the fuel pump.
The State of
Pennsylvania puts the first 1/2 cent out of
the 12 cents into
the local government pool of money.
Then
the state takes 20% of the remaining 11.5 cents which
equals 2.3 cents and puts it into the same local
government
pool of money.
Effectively
then 2.8 cents out of every 12 cents of the Liquid
Fuels tax money per gallon of gas, is put into the
local
government pool of monies.
There
are 2,572 Municipalities in Pennsylvania, of which
Northampton Township is one. The amount of money
Northampton receives is based on the amount
of miles of
local roadways in Northampton Township and its
population.
40% ($260,132 in 1999) of what the Township
gets back from
the state goes towards Construction/Rebuilding
of roads.
The remaining 60% ($390,198 in 1999) of what
the township
gets back from the state goes towards: street
cleaning,
signals, signs, pot hole repair, storm sewer
drain repair,
plows, salts & cinders, maintenance on machines,
chemicals to kill weeds on the streets &
curbs, electricity on
traffic lights, speed limit signs, stop signs,
line painting,
street lighting, etc.
2. State
Turnback Program:
The state highways are offered back to the township
in this
state turnback program. The Township makes an
appraisal
of the road in terms of repair, storm sewer,
traffic,
resurfacing, line striping, etc. The Township
engineer and
the public works department then make the appraisal
and
a punch list of these items needed to be addressed
to meet
the Northampton Township standards. The state
in turn
takes the list and makes all of the necessary
repairs. After
all repairs are made, the Township re-inspects
the highway,
and then the Public Works department and the
Township
engineer recommend the highway for dedication
back to
the township. The Supervisors then have to vote
on it. An
ordinance resolution is then passed and then
the Township
becomes responsible for that particular road's
repairs,
plowing, maintenance, etc. for the life of the
Township. The
State Allocation is paid to the Township annually
based on
the mileage of the roadway.
State
Turnback Program Process:
- Public Works Department
calls PennDot and a representative
goes to the Township.
- Both parties are then
instructed to drive the roads the
Township wants to pave.
- The Township tells PennDot
how many miles of roadway is
to be paved and the estimated cost of the entire project.
- PennDot then gives the
Township a start date to proceed
with paving.
- Public Works then proceeds.
Because Northampton Township belongs
to the
Bucks County Consortium, the township
saves the
taxpayers money.
- PennDot continuously
makes inspections of Roadways
being paved by the Township.
- The Township is subject
to PennDot approval at every
inspection.
|
