Hazleton Area gets $850k for access road to support campus expansion
HAZLETON – The Hazleton Area School District is getting a major funding boost in its effort to expand its core campus.
Rep. Dane Watro (R-Luzerne/Schuylkill) and Sen. David Argall (R-Schuylkill/Carbon/Luzerne) announced $850,000 in state funding from the Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund.
The funding, they say, will be used to build an access road at the North Academic Campus in Hazle Township. The campus includes the Hazleton Area High School. The district is considering building a new building on that campus.
“The Hazleton Area School District is looking to expand its core campus and meet the challenges of a growing student population. The new access road will greatly improve school busing logistics, vehicular pickup and dropoff by parents, and help to reduce street congestion,” Watro said. “This project will also make it possible for the district to move forward with plans for a new school building, fieldhouse and other outdoor amenities. I wholeheartedly support these grant awards.”
“This funding is a key piece of Hazleton Area School District’s plans,” said Argall. “Given the constant increase of enrolled students, this project will make the traffic flow of students, faculty, staff and parents safer. I’m grateful both projects received this highly competitive state support.”
Multimodal Transportation Fund grants may be used for the development, rehabilitation and enhancement of transportation assets to existing communities, streetscape, lighting, sidewalk enhancement, pedestrian safety, connectivity of transportation assets and transit-oriented development.
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