McKeesport’s RAD request advances

McKeesport is hoping to use 2023 RAD funding toward a lighting and electrical upgrade project at Stephen Barry Field at Renziehausen Park, which is used by local baseball and softball teams and is the home of the annual International Village festival.

By JEFF STITT

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RAD is planning its spending for next year, and its 2023 preliminary budget was approved Thursday. The board of directors of Allegheny Regional Asset District, known by many as RAD or “RAD works here,” approved a $120.1 million tentative spending plan — $107,486,875 to fund operations for RAD assets and funding applicants and $12,594,354 in capital/programming funding for assets/applicants.

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