Jackson Township officials are attempting to acquire funding for a new emergency access bridge near Seneca Valley’s secondary campus.

Supervisors, during a workshop meeting on Monday, approved the submission of a multimodal transportation grant seeking $3 million to construct the Evergreen Mill Emergency Access Bridge.

The bridge would complete a connection from the backside of the campus to Evergreen Mill Road and would be managed and used at the discretion of the Seneca Valley School District. It would be mainly used for emergency purposes, according to township manager Chris Rearick.

The project already received an injection of funding.

“We did get partial funding for $75,000 from the Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program thanks to Rep. (Stephenie) Scialabba,” Rearick said. “We can use that toward engineering.”

The grant submission also outlined targeted safety upgrades to Hartmann Road, including slight shifts and widening in areas where the shoulder and guardrail are compromised, Rearick said.

While there is no definitive timeline for when potential funding would be administered, Rearick noted. Officials are hoping to find out by late this year, depending on the status of the state budget, which has yet to be passed for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Officials also applied for a multimodal transportation grant for the same project in early 2023. That request was unsuccessful.