Mako, Coleman, Miller Bring Grant Funding to Lehigh Valley

10/22/2024

HARRISBURG – Rep. Zach Mako (R-Lehigh/Northampton) and Sens. Jarrett Coleman (R-Lehigh/Bucks) and Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) today announced they helped secure more than $3 million in Local Share Account grants and more than $2.3 million in Public School Facility Improvement grants from the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) for projects throughout the 183rd Legislative District.

Act 71 of 2004 provides for the distribution of LSA gaming revenues through the CFA to support projects of public interest within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Public School Facility Improvement Grant provides funds to public school districts and area career and technical schools for eligible facility improvement projects.

“Each project addressed through these two grant programs will fix or replace critical infrastructure or equipment our schools and municipalities use to make our community a better place to live,” Mako said. “I’m happy to help assist with obtaining this money. Without this aid, it would be very difficult for these projects to move forward.”

“I’m happy to partner with Rep. Mako to help our community,” Coleman said. “These are all important projects, and I’m especially excited to remove asbestos from Northern Lehigh High School.”

“I’m pleased to work in a bipartisan, bicameral manner with Rep. Mako to secure this funding,” Miller said. “All of these projects address crucial needs for our community.”

School districts receiving Public School Facility Improvement grants are:

• Catasauqua Area School District – $1 million to repair the roof at Catasauqua High School.
• Lehigh Career and Technical Institute – $400,000 to restore the roof and upgrade the HVAC.
• Northern Lehigh School District – $904,350 for an asbestos abatement project at Northern Lehigh High School.

Municipalities receiving LSA funding are:

• Allen Township – $1 million to convert and renovate the former Allen Township Fire Company Social Hall into a township administrative facility.
• Bath Borough – $247,271 to replace a dump truck with a new model.
• Bath Borough Authority - $450,000 to construct a new well and well house to provide a new source of raw water for the authority.
• Lehigh Township Municipal Authority – $702,000 to upgrade and expand the Pennsville Wastewater Treatment Plant.
• North Catasauqua Borough – $107,573 to purchase multi-purpose utility vehicle for the police department.
• Slatington Borough – $27,911 to purchase police safety gear, including body cameras and tasers.
• Slatington Borough – $49,905 to purchase and install 25 traffic light intersection cameras to deter criminal activity and traffic violations.
• Walnutport Borough – $150,000 to replace a tractor with boom mower with a new model.
• Walnutport Borough – $150,000 to purchase 40 emergency service radios for the police and fire departments.
• Walnutport Borough – $150,000 to purchase a multi-purpose utility vehicle for the Diamond Fire Company.

The 183rd House District includes Lowhill and North Whitehall townships and Slatington Borough in Lehigh County. It also consists of Allen, East Allen, Lehigh and Moore (part) townships, and Bath, North Catasauqua, Northampton and Walnutport boroughs in Northampton County.

Representative Zachary Mako
183rd Legislative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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