Palmerton has made the second installment toward a traffic signal project at Third Street and Delaware Avenue.

Borough council on Thursday unanimously approved pay request No. 2 based on Keystone Consulting Engineers recommendation to Telco Inc. in the amount of $26,455.

Borough Manager Autumn Canfield said the project remains on schedule to be finished in July.

In January, council approved the first payment request in the amount of $80,371 to Telco.

Previously, Councilman Kris Hoffner said there have been a lot of close calls, and that the sooner the project gets done, the better.

The scope of the work for Delaware Avenue and Third Street includes removing the existing traffic signal at Delaware Avenue and Third Street and installing a new traffic signal.

The project also includes all related traffic signal infrastructure including signal heads, signs, preemption traffic signal poles, pedestrian pus-button signals and push buttons, new controller cabinet and electrical service, and relocation of existing signs as noted on the drawings, line striping and loops.

In May, council on a 6-0 vote awarded a bid to Telco in the amount of $483,215.

The borough obtained an Automated Red Light Enforcement grant, and worked on permitting through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

In December 2021, Palmerton received $329,398 to bring the intersection up to current PennDOT safety standards.