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Climate Action

Climate change presents an unprecedented challenge to our environment and way of life.

Over the past decade, the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission has developed plans that address our changing climate via policies and actions. These plans promote principles of smart growth, economic savings, natural resource protection and sustainability that further reinforce climate change mitigation.

Awarded CRP Projects for Federal Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Linden Street Conversion Project - $1,800,000

This project involves the conversion of Linden Street to improve circulation and

congestion by converting Linden Street from a one way southbound street to a two

way street in the City of Bethlehem, Northampton County. Linden Street is currently

a one way southbound street from Fairview Street to East Church Street. There is

no parallel one way northbound street.

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Bus Rider Infrastructure Safety Improvements - $1,204,000

Infrastructure improvements along BRT routes involving crosswalks and bus rider

amenities, queue jumps for traffic signalization and other infrastructure to enhance

the BRT.

Main Street (State Route 412) and Polk Valley Road (State Route 2002) Improvements - $600,000

Construct new sidewalk to connect to Saucon Rail Trail and installation of a new

traffic signal.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Pedestrian Improvements - $300,000

Improve multimodal transportation infrastructure along the corridor, including

Americans with Disabilities Act ramps, traffic control devices and crosswalks.

Allentown LED Streetlight Conversion - $500,000

For a project to redesign intersections and install separates bikes lanes along Northampton Street, from Greenwood Avenue in Palmer Township to Larry Holmes Drive, to calm traffic and provide better fields of vision for motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians. It’s part of a $2.6 million plan to improve safety along the busy business corridor. 

Traffic Calming and Pedestrian Accommodation Improvements - $1,000,000

Install traffic-calming and pedestrian improvement measures along Northampton

Street from 7th Street to 15th Street and along 13th Street from Butler Street to

Jackson Street.

Riverside Drive RAISE Grant - $1,800,000

The project will convert approximately 2 miles of an abandoned railroad bed along

the west side of the Lehigh River in Whitehall Township and the City of Allentown,

Lehigh County, from Lehigh Avenue to Furnace Street to a complete two-lane street

with an adjacent multi-use path. The multi-use path will continue north to connect to

the existing Delaware and Lehigh (D&L) Trail just north of Race Street. The project

will also convert another 450 feet of an abandoned railroad bed between Hamilton

Street and Union Street within the City of Allentown to complete the southern

terminus of Riverside Drive. Proposed Riverside Drive will vary in width from 24 feet

to 36 feet, providing one lane in each direction (north/south) and allowing for turn

lanes where warranted. The proposed speed limit will be 25 MPH. The multi-use

path will be 10 feet wide and located between Riverside Drive and the Lehigh River.

The Right-of-Way will be variable in width, with most of the required Right-of-Way

falling within the boundaries of the former RJ Corman Railroad parcels, which will

be donated to the City of Allentown, Whitehall Township, and Lehigh County by a

private entity. The new roadway will be owned by the City of Allentown and

Whitehall Township within their respective municipal boundaries, while the multi-use

path will be owned by Lehigh County within Whitehall Township and by the City of

Allentown within its limits. The area type is urban. The project includes $19.34

million matching funds provided as a real property donation.

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Bus Rider Infrastructure Safety Improvements - $1,204,000

Infrastructure improvements along BRT routes involving crosswalks and bus rider

amenities, queue jumps for traffic signalization and other infrastructure to enhance

the BRT.

The Greater Lehigh Valley Regional Climate Action Plan

 The LVPC, along with Carbon and Warren Counties, are currently developing the Greater Lehigh Valley Regional Climate Action Plan, or RCAP, which incorporates both the PCAP and GHG inventory and will cover all emission sectors including industrial, commercial, residential, water/wastewater/solid waste and agricultural. 


Contact the Environment team via our comment box with any questions or concerns regarding the plan. These outreach efforts will help us prioritize approaches and projects to help our region reduce pollution sources, while continue to grow and prosper.   

Past Meeting Materials

January 22 2025 WorkshopLV Environment Meeting #1 Presentation (pdf)

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March 19 2025 WorkshopLV Environment at Warren County (pdf)

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March 26 2025 WorkshopLV Environment #2 Presentation (pdf)

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Feedback for the RCAP

Use this form to send any questions and comments about the Regional Climate Action Plan.

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The cover for the 2024 Greater Lehigh Valley Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

2024 Greater Lehigh Valley Greenhouse Gas Inventory

The Greater Lehigh Valley Greenhouse Gas Inventory is designed to measure the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and where they originate, so that a plan can be designed to reduce them. Reducing the carbon footprint will be particularly important in a region that be 2050 is projected to have 37 days a year with temperatures exceeding 90 degrees.


This report shows communitywide emissions by sector for Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Carbon County, PA and Warren County, NJ. The data shows why it is important to begin mitigation measures immediately.

Download the Greater Lehigh Valley Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Lehigh Valley Priority Climate Action Plan

Below is the Lehigh Valley's 2024 Priority Climate Action Plan, which is focused on reducing carbon emissions created by our transportation sector, and funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Read the plan at the link or in the Flipsnack below.

Read the Plan

Lehigh Valley Priority Climate Action Plan

Additonal Documents for PCAP

LIDAC Census Tract Spreadsheet

ClimateLV Regional Climate Action Assessment

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Additonal Climate Documents

2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory AssessmentClimate + Energy PlanLehigh County Livable LandscapesNorthampton County Livable LandscapesWalk/RollLVHazard Mitigation Plan

Past Workshop Presentations

September 2023 WorkshopLV Environment Transportation Decarbonization Presentation (pdf)

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October 2023 WorkshopLV Environment Transportation Decarbonization Presentation (PDF)

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November 2023 WorkshopLV Environment Transportation Decarbonization Presentation (pdf)

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December 2023 WorkshopLV Environment Transportation Decarbonization Presentation (pdf)

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