Governor Tom Corbett announced Tuesday that Pennsylvania's new transportation plan will allow the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to distribute $345 million in liquid fuels payments to certified municipalities on March 3 to help them maintain their roads and bridges.

The allocation is $25.1 million more than the 2013 figure, roughly an 8 percent increase."This investment helps our towns meet the tough challenge of maintaining municipality-owned roads and bridges." Corbett said. "Because of the new transportation plan that I signed into law, Pennsylvania will be able to increase these resources in coming years which could provide some relief to local taxpayers from these costs."Liquid fuels allocations are annual payments to municipalities to help pay for highway and bridge-related expenses such as snow removal and road repaving. There are 119,847 miles public roads in Pennsylvania, with 77,889 of those miles owned by municipalities and eligible for liquid fuels. The formula for payments is based on a municipality's population and miles of locally-owned roads.To be counted as eligible for liquid fuels, a roadway must be formally adopted as a public street by the municipality, meet certain dimension requirements and be able to safely accommodate vehicles driving at least 15 mph.Under Act 89, the new transportation plan Corbett signed in November, liquid fuels reimbursements, will increase by roughly $220 million over the next five years.Carbon County will receive $1,843,900, an increase of $131,766; Lehigh County $8,105,792, a $628,066 increase; Monroe County $4,639,827, a $330,269 increase; Northampton County $7,812,333, a $570,527 increase; and Schuylkill County $4,740,143, a $338,597 increase.For more information, visit the "Comprehensive Transportation Funding Plan" page at

www.dot.state.pa.us.The updated distribution calculations for the 2014 Payments to Municipalities, in order of municipality; 2012-13 allocation; 2013-14 allocation, increaseCarbon CountyBanks Township, $25,785, $27,786, $2,002East Penn Township, $125,056, $134,696, $9,640Franklin Township, $155,640, $167,652, $12,012Kidder Township, $35,921, $38,713, $2,793Lausanne Township, $6,113, $6,586, $473Lehigh Township, $17,313, $18,649, $1,336Lower Towamensing Township, $104,166, $112,213, $8,047Mahoning Township, $151,160, $162,830, $11,670Packer Township, $33,361, $35,937, $2,576Penn Forest Township, $188,155, $202,770, $14,615Towamensing Township, $205,602, $220,68, $15,081Beaver Meadows, $16,728, $18,027, $1,300Bowmanstown, $23,539, $25,362, $1,823East Side, $5,685, $6,127, $442Jim Thorpe, $102,223, $110,154, $7,931Lansford, $79,200, $85,351, $6,150Lehighton, $107,585, $115,942, $8,357Nesquehoning, $72,853, $78,505,$5,651Palmerton, $107,074, $115,391, $8,316Parryville, $15,924, $17,155, $1,231Summit Hill, $69,893, $75,311, $5,418Weatherly, $54,569, $58,803, $4,233Weissport, $8,589, $9,255, $667Lehigh CountyWashington Township, $219,415, $236,362, $16,947Slatington, $82,676, $89,099, $6,423Monroe CountyChestnuthill Township, $533,326, $574,541, $41,215Eldred Township, $112,963, $121,677, $8,714Polk Township, $221,524, $238,659, $17,135Ross Township, $181,588, $195,623, $14,035Northampton CountyWalnutport, $48,868, $52,655, $3,787Schuylkill CountyRush Township, $98,036, $105,617, $7,582West Penn Township, $272,213, $293,158, $20,945Coaldale, $48,611, $52,383, $3,772Tamaqua, $142,396, $153,453, $11,058