Tamaqua will apply for a grant that would help fund a traffic study in the borough’s downtown.

Borough council on Tuesday voted to send the application for a Green Light Go grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Councilman George Haldeman noted that council’s Parking and Traffic Committee recently discussed the matter with Kevin Steigerwalt, borough manager; Jay Stidham, director of public works; and officials from the borough’s engineering firm, Alfred Benesch & Co.

“We pretty much decided that we are going to proceed forward with it,” Haldeman said of the application.

Last month, council learned that a pre-application scoping form submitted to PennDOT for the grant needed to be modified. Council referred the matter to the Parking and Traffic Committee.

The Green Light Go grant program is designed to improve the efficiency and operation of existing traffic signals, and is administered by PennDOT’s Bureau of Maintenance and Operations.

Tamaqua’s downtown frequently sees heavy traffic and congestion from the intersection of routes 209 and 309 and an active railroad line.

Other matters

In other business, council:

• Approved a request from the CH Berry American Legion to hold its annual Memorial Day Parade on May 25. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. from the east end of the borough and travel on East and West Broad Street.

• Approved a request from the American Hose Company to close Pine Street from East Broad Street to Mauch Chunk Street on Aug. 1 for the food truck fundraiser.

• Accepted the resignation of Kelly Gerber from the board of health.

• Approved recommendations made by the borough’s Historic Architectural Review Commission for two signs requested by Sapporo Sushi 2 Inc. for 101 Market St., and a sign requested by the Tamaqua Area Community Partnership at 20 Mauch Chunk St.