There will be fewer dollars coming for road maintenance for local boroughs and township across the commonwealth this year. PennDOT has announced the 2021 Liquid Fuels Tax allocations for every municipality in the state, with revenues down about seven percent thanks to motorists driving fewer miles last year due to the pandemic.
Indiana County’s municipalities will be getting $5,100,307 this year, compared to $5,495,418 in 2020. The 2021 total is the lowest since 2016, when Indiana County received $5,033,263.
The money is raised through gas tax revenues for fuel purchased in each county, and the allocation formula factors in each municipality’s populations and the number of miles of locally-owned roads.
White Township receives the most funding, with an allocation of $540,965. Indiana Borough is next, at $355,120. Then, in order, other municipalities receiving $200,000 or more are the townships of:
- Rayne ($276,954),
- Green ($273,292),
- Cherryhill ($250,097);
- Armstrong ($248,241),
- Center ($235,766);
- Washington ($223,351),
- and Burrell ($215,220)
The funds are to be used for road projects such as snow removal and road repaving. Twenty percent of a municipality’s allotment may be used for eh purchase of major road maintenance equipment. A municipality may also use a portion of its funding to contract with PennDOT for bridge inspections. Indiana Borough was the only Indiana County municipality to do so last year, at a cost of $956.
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