Lansford Borough Council reallocated grant funding for restoration of the former Lehigh and New England train station on Wednesday.

Council approved the grant amendment to reallocate $20,000 from purchasing new doors to covering the cost of contract preparation, bidding, advertising and oversight.

Council President Bruce Markovich said that ARRO Consulting, the borough engineer, did not include these costs under the grant funding. The borough will work on new doors in a later phase of the project, he said.

Council also appointed Joy Beers of Beers Engineering of Lehighton as project engineer for the train station restoration

Beers, who is a restoration architect, was previously appointed as an alternate borough engineer in 2021. Her fees will be covered by the grant.

“This is the last Lehigh and New England train station,” Markovich said previously.’

In 2022, Lansford voted to pay $150,000 to acquire the former freight and passenger station along Dock Street from Ken and Jeannie Hill, who operated a machine shop there for 50 years. The station was built in 1925. The railroad stopped operating there in the 1960s.

The station could serve as a visitors center.

Carbon Career and Technical Institute design and mechanical engineering students completed conceptual drawings featuring market and food stalls, gift shops and a museum room at the 100-year-old brick station.