Hayfield Township Awarded $100,000 State Grant to Replace 28-Year-Old Fuel Tank
The money will pay for a new 4,000-gallon aboveground tank. It is one of seven Crawford County awards totaling $1,426,116; none went to a Conneaut Valley municipality.
Hayfield Township will receive a $100,000 state grant to replace its 28-year-old fuel tank with a new 4,000-gallon aboveground tank, state Sen. Michele Brooks announced Sept. 15.
Hayfield Township lies just east of the Conneaut Valley, bordering Summerhill and Summit townships. None of the seven Crawford County awards Brooks announced that day went to a borough or township in the valley.
The grant comes from the Local Share Account – Statewide program, which distributes state gaming revenue to public-interest projects, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The Commonwealth Financing Authority approved the awards.
What’s being built
The new tank will have modern pumps, meters, safety alarms and electrical systems, according to Brooks’ announcement, which describes the current tank as unreliable.
The announcement does not say which township vehicles or equipment the tank fuels, what the full project will cost, whether the township will add its own money or when installation will begin.
The program does not require matching funds, according to DCED. It pays by reimbursement, so a grantee covers project costs first and is repaid. Grant contracts typically run about three years, the department says.
Other Crawford County awards
The seven awards total $1,426,116, according to the amounts listed in the announcement. The other six:
Oil Creek Township: $580,000 for five pieces of equipment, including a wheel loader
Bloomfield Township: $256,116 for a heavy-duty dump truck with a snowplow and spreader
Economic Progress Alliance of Crawford County: $250,000 to replace part of the roof at Crawford Business Park
Cambridge Springs Senior Center: $100,000 for site work on the project’s second phase
Richmond Township: $80,000 for a 20-car parking lot at its recreation complex
City of Titusville: $60,000 for a police cruiser
Next application round
The program takes applications each year from Sept. 1 through 11:59 p.m. Nov. 30, according to DCED. Counties, municipalities and municipal authorities are among those eligible, and the maximum request is $1 million. Awards are typically approved the following September, the department says.
Questions about eligibility go to DCED at 717-787-6245 or ra-dcedcbf@pa.gov.
Background
This is the second $100,000 state award announced for Hayfield Township in nine months. In December 2025, Brooks announced funding to replace the leaking roof on the township’s municipal building.
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