Millions of transportation dollars will come into the region in the next decade.

Officials have now hammered out a plan for how to spend the funding coming to the region.

Warren County is part of the Northwest Commission’s Rural Planning Organization. Representatives from Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Venango and Warren counties are represented on the Transportation Advisory Committee.

That’s where the decisions are made about what projects will be funded with the region’s finite financial resources.

“There is give and take on the part of all five counties that are a part of our rural planning organization,” Warren County Planner, and TAC chairman, Dan Glotz, said.

He outlined the sources that inform those decisions from road and bridge inspection reports, safety needs and highway preservation needs.

“Projects are submitted by all applicable parties, ranked based on importance, including the long-range transportation plan,” he explained, then “based on regional ranking and funding availability.”

The end result is a TIP — transportation improvement program — that outlines the projects for 2023-26.

“Safety, emergency situations (a bridge that must be closed immediately due to condition), facility preservation, and ranking all play a role in including projects in the TIP.” Glotz said.

“Pet projects don’t cut it.”

The projects — 33 in total involving Warren County — break up into several categories such as intersection improvements, resurfacing and bridge rehabilitation and replacement.

Several substantial projects are set to be funded in 2023.

That includes resurfacing of Route 62 from Hatch Run Road to the New York State Line, a $3.5 million project, as well as repaving of East Main Street/National Forge Road from Youngsville Borough to Route 62, a $3 million project spread over 2023 and 2024.

A “restoration” is detailed for US 6 from Yankee Bush Road to Main Avenue which includes four miles of resurfacing at a project cost of nearly $7 million with over $5 million programmed into 2023.

Next year is also expected to bring a $1.2 million bridge rehabilitation to an 186-foot apsn over the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad in Conewango Township. Funding is also detailed for repairs to the Morrison Bridge on Route 59 — $500,000 in both 2023 and 2024.

While the TIP details projects in the 2023-2026 time frame, several will see the majority of the work completed form 2027-2030, such as an intersection improvement at Sr. 27 and US 6 in Pittsfield Township, preservation of the Tidioute Truss Bridge as well as additional restoration projects along US 6 around Warren.

Other resurfacing projects included for that eight year window include portions of Route 62 in Pleasant Twp, Sr. 27, Sr. 957, US 6 and Route 62 south of Tidioute.

The county will also see work as part of regional bridge, state route and reflective pavement marking programs.