Salisbury: Nearly $4.5 million secured for district infrastructure upgrades, public safety vehicles, other capital improvements
Rep. Abigail Salisbury September 15, 2026 | 1:30 PM
BRADDOCK, Sept. 15 – New grants totaling nearly $4.5 million will fund major transportation and water infrastructure improvements, vehicle and equipment purchases, and facility renovation projects in the 34th Legislative District, state Rep. Abigail Salisbury announced today.
“The new funding will allow our municipalities to repair deteriorating roads, update aging water and wastewater infrastructure, improve stormwater management, clear blight, renovate community facilities and move forward with other projects to make life safer and more convenient for residents,” Salisbury said. “The dollars from the state will also help ease the strain on taxpayers.”
Salisbury said the 17 grants, secured through the Commonwealth Financing Authority under the Local Share Account, include:
- $800,000 to Pittsburgh to purchase a pumper fire truck for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire to replace the old, deteriorated unit. (Will benefit District 34 and nine other districts).
- $500,000 to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the next phase of renovations to the Clayton Mansion, including reconstructing exterior areas damaged by water runoff, masonry repairs, painting and repairs to windows, doors, and other areas.
- $326,623 to Swissvale-Braddock Hills Regional Police Department to purchase four hybrid vehicles: two marked patrol cars, one unmarked patrol car and one marked K-9 vehicle.
- $317,604 to Forest Hills Borough to enhance stormwater management by constructing an extended detention basin with integrated rain gardens and an underground stormwater detention facility, 900 linear feet of stormwater sewer, and related infrastructure.
- $300,000 to Wilkinsburg Borough to acquire and demolish 22 unsafe, blighted residential structures and prepare contiguous vacant lots for future development.
- $300,000 to Wilkins Township to support a project to replace the Baker Street Bridge at the intersection of Baker Street and Rodi Road.
- $300,000 to help Allegheny County Sanitary Authority to purchase a combination sewer cleaning truck. (Will benefit District 34 and nine other districts.)
- $250,000 to Braddock Borough for milling and other work to reconstruct deteriorated portions of 9th Street from Braddock Avenue to Washington Street, Washington Street from Ninth to 11th streets, and 11th Street from Railroad to Braddock Avenue.
- $250,000 to Braddock Hills Borough to reconstruct portions of Indiana Avenue between McKinley and Park avenues that experience potholes, deterioration and cracking, and install needed stormwater infrastructure for the roadway.
- $250,000 to the Wilkinsburg-Penn Joint Water Authority to replace 3,643 linear feet of old cast iron with ductile iron pipe. The old line, which supplies 153 service connections and nine hydrants, has had more than 50 breaks over the past decade.
- $200,000 to Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority for roof repairs, retaining wall replacement, other renovations to the Heritage Community Initiatives North Braddock facility at 531 Jones Ave.
- $200,000 to Edgewood Borough for Memorial Park improvements including installing concrete sidewalks, curbs and stairs, replacing a landscaping wall and concrete pavers, and lawn restoration.
- $150,063 to Wilkinsburg Borough to upgrade antiquated traffic signals at four intersections, including East Swissvale and Ross avenues, Swissvale and Rebecca avenues, East Swissvale and Walnut Street, and Laketon Road and Graham Boulevard.
- $100,000 to East Pittsburgh Borough to repave16,000 square yards of road across 10 streets that are deteriorating and contain severe potholes.
- $90,000 to Churchill Borough to purchase a new police patrol vehicle and a code enforcement vehicle to replace aging, unreliable vehicles.
- $78,000 to Wilkinsburg Borough to pave the brick portion of Hay Street between Wallace and Penn avenues, mill and repave the intersection between Hay Street and South Avenue and install ADA ramps, and lay asphalt at the Sawyer Way/Penn Avenue intersection.
- $67,222 to Braddock Borough for floor, ceiling, door, lighting, wiring and other renovations to the Braddock Municipal Complex’s Council Chambers, which is deteriorating and becoming unsafe.
The Local Share Account is funded by gaming revenues and local share assessments generated by licensed gaming facilities such as casinos and racetracks. Funds can be used for public interest projects such as building acquisition, facility construction and renovation, purchase of vehicles and equipment, and other uses that improve quality of life for residents.
More information is available here: https://dced.pa.gov/programs/local-share-account-lsa-statewide/.