Dirt, Gravel, and Low Volume Road Program 

Pennsylvania’s conservation districts administer and implement the Program at the county level. Conservation districts accept applications for funding from potential applicants, and award grants to local road owning entities. District staff is responsible for working with grant applicants to develop projects, project oversight, financial tracking and reporting, and general administration of the Program at the county level.

 

The PA State Conservation Commission (SCC) allocates $28 Million annually to 65 of Pennsylvania’s Conservation Districts who are responsible for administering this Program at the county level. Local road-owning entities, typically municipalities, then apply to their Conservation District for project funding. Over 2,500 projects have been funded through 2015.

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Elk County receives approximately $160,000 annually for Dirt & Gravel Road projects and $40,000 annually for Low Volume Road projects. To be eligible to receive project funding from the Conservation District, participants must have attended the 2-day environmentally sensitive maintenance training within the last 5 years.

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To learn more about this program visit the Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies website!

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