Grant Awarded for Albion Park, Roae Says

January 20, 2026

HARRISBURG - Rep. Brad Roae (R-Crawford/Erie) today announced a $250,000 grant has been awarded to Albion Borough to replace a pedestrian bridge spanning the Conneaut Creek in Albion Park.

The funding comes from the Multimodal Transportation Fund under the Commonwealth Financing Authority, which manages the state's economic stimulus programs. The fund provides grants to encourage economic development and ensure a safe and reliable system of transportation is available in the Commonwealth.

"This pedestrian bridge plays a key role in connecting the park to the Albion Area Fairgrounds," Roae said. "With the annual September fair and the variety of other events hosted at the fairgrounds, this pedestrian bridge provides a safe access point and keeps pedestrians off heavily traveled roadways, thus improving safety."

The bridge, one of three pedestrian bridges in the park, was deemed beyond cost effective to repair and serves to connect the northernmost end of the park with the fairgrounds. If it is forced to permanently close, pedestrians could potentially be forced to use the high-traffic roadway to cross the creek.

The 6th Legislative District includes the city of Meadville; Beaver, Conneaut, East Fairfield, East Fallowfield, East Mead, Fairfield, Greenwood, Hayfield, North Shenango, Pine, Randolph, Sadsbury, South Shenango, Spring, Summerhill, Summit, Union, Vernon, Wayne, West Fallowfield, West Mead and West Shenango townships; and Cochranton, Conneaut Lake, Conneautville, Linesville and Springboro boroughs in Crawford County and Conneaut, Elk Creek and Springfield townships and Albion and Cranesville boroughs in Erie County.

Representative Brad Roae
6th District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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