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College and Harris townships were two of the 35 municipalities selected as grant recipients, out of 97 applicants across Pennsylvania. PennDOT announced $13M in traffic safety improvements. 2 ...
The Financially Distressed Municipalities Act (Act of 1987, P.L. 246, No. 47), also known as Act 47, empowers the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to declare certain municipalities in Pennsylvania as financially distressed. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are subject to separate state authorities, rather than this ...
Local municipalities can be governed by statutes, which are enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and are specific to the type and class of municipality; by a home rule municipality, under a home rule charter, adopted by the municipality; or by an optional form of government, adopted by the municipality. [3]
Most municipalities in Pennsylvania must follow state law except where the state has expressly given jurisdiction to the municipality, and are therefore subject to the Third Class City Code, the Borough Code, the First Class Township Code, the Second Class Township Code, or other acts for sui generis municipalities.
Apr. 28—Nearly $6 million in state grants for municipal and county recycling and leaf collection programs is coming to Berks County. The state Department of Environmental Protection announced ...
Sep. 23—DAVIDSVILLE, Pa. — Plans, photos and maps detailing the upcoming road and infrastructure improvement project affecting the local state Route 403 corridor were on display at the ...
Unlike other forms of municipalities in Pennsylvania, boroughs and towns are not classified according to population. Boroughs designated in the table below with a dagger (†) are home rule municipalities and are also found in the List of Pennsylvania municipalities and counties with home rule charters, optional charters, or optional plans. The ...
After decades of promising a fix, PennDOT to unveil $11 million renovation for US1/Bristol-Oxford Valley Road at Dec. 19 public meeting. PennDOT to fix Lower Bucks' frustrating double intersection ...