Montour Trail-Letter

Volume 13, Issue 3

May/June, 2002

Montour Trail Council is pleased to announce that we are a 2002 recipient of a $70,000.00 grant from the Allegheny Regional Asset District. Of this amount, $10,000.00 will fund the removal of the former Montour Railroad span over Stewart Road in South Park Township. PennDOT is expected to remove the abutments to provide better sight distance for an at-grade crossing by the trail of the road. The other $60,000.00 will fund installing a bituminous wearing course on the flood-prone 2.0-mile section between the Mon-Fayette Expressway park-and-ride lot at SR 51 and North State Street (SR 837) in Clairton.

By the end of this year, the 1 percent county sales tax, paid by residents of and visitors to Allegheny County, will have resulted in a cumulative $1 billion investment in the region. The impact of that investment is substantial.

The Allegheny Regional Asset District distributes the proceeds from half of the sales tax to the region's public libraries and parks, major regional facilities, and cultural and arts organizations.

Thanks to you, RAD works here, helping to create a community that is vibrant, intelligent and healthy, a region that attracts new visitors and workers. For more information and links to asset web sites, visit RAD at radworkshere.org.