At East Allen Township’s Board of Supervisors meeting June 23, the board addressed several grant opportunities it agreed to pursue.

Township Engineer James Milot identified grant funding under the state’s multimodal transportation program.

“We can use this grant along with the ARLE grant to improve the intersection at Franks Corner,” he said.

The Automatic Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) program provides grants to municipalities to reduce the number and type of red-light violations and crashes at select locations. The original program was set up exclusively for Philadelphia, but the program was expanded in 2012 to include other municipalities.

“With both grants, we can improve traffic flow and make needed improvements at this intersection,” Milot said.

Township Manager Deborah Seiple announced grant funds from gaming revenues will be available to a larger number of municipalities.

“Gaming revenues were initially set aside for municipalities adjacent to the gaming locations. The county agreed to expand the grants to other municipalities, but we need to make an application,” she said.

Supervisors approved taking action on her request.

The Northampton Industrial Park proposed for property at Howertown Road and Route 329 was presented to the supervisors for review. The property is in Allen Township, but adjacent communities are invited to make comments.

According to Board of Supervisors Chairman Roger Unangst, the warehouses proposed for the location are expected to add traffic to Route 329. Some Allen Township residents opposed to industrializing open space were present in the audience but did not address the board.

The board did grant relief to Cole’s K-9 Center, 7671 Beth-Bath Pike, for conditions originally set in place as part of the retail center’s original application.

In a related action, Solicitor Joseph Piperato addressed a resident’s question on the proposed use of landominiums on property near Silvercrest Road that once housed MacArthur Tire. Landominiums are condominium-style projects where the owners of individual units control the land. This style of ownership is used primarily with business office complexes.

The resident suggested this was an attempt to bypass the township’s density requirements.

“This item was not on the agenda for the zoning hearing board at its latest meeting,” Piperato said. “But the use of landominiums is not prohibited … the zoning hearing board’s decision is legally binding.”