Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Announces 43 Multimodal Projects
Kennett Township s five-points intersection will get a roundabout. (Google Maps)
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced $45.9 million in funding has been invested in multimodal projects meant to improve safety, mobility and economic activity.
The funds were dispersed across 43 highway, bridge, rail, bicycle and pedestrian projects in 21 counties. The funding was issued through the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, which was enacted in 2013.
Specifically, the projects will help local government agencies improve roadways, repair or replace bridges and address accessibility concerns.
.@GovernorTomWolf today announced the approval of 116 new projects through the Multimodal Transportation Fund, improving PA’s transportation infrastructure and ensuring safer, more reliable transportation accommodation across the commonwealth. https://t.co/21Z83gEYs2
Safety
GOP: $13 billion (to be split among the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)
Biden: $20 billion (Biden s plan specifically mentions road safety.)
Where the plans drastically depart
Biden s plan calls for $1.7 trillion more in spending, which includes the following:
$174 billion for electric vehicles, including charging stations, helping U.S. automakers, boosting battery production, and tax rebates and incentives for buying American-made EVs.
$400 billion for expanding access to home- or community-based care for the elderly and disabled.
$300 billion for manufacturing, with $50 billion toward critical goods, $50 billion toward semiconductor production and $30 billion toward preparing medical manufacturing for future pandemics, including shoring up the nation’s strategic stockpile. This funding also includes $46 billion for federal purchases of
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Infrastructure Plan Would Fix Some Of Ohio s 1,377 Structurally Deficient Bridges Patch 3 hrs ago
Five miles from the Ohio River in Lawrence County stands a small bridge on Sugar Creek-Johnstown Road.
Only about 20 feet long, the bridge overtop Turkey Fork Creek aids residents of this very rural area in Southern Ohio reach the closest stores, restaurants and school buildings in nearby Coal Grove and Ironton. First built in 1940, around 100 vehicles pass over the bridge each day.
Inspectors have deemed the bridge’s surface and overall structure to be in poor condition.
There are 1,376 other bridges in Ohio found to be “structurally deficient,” according to the most recent inspections from 2020. Most of them are in rural areas like the one on Sugar Creek-Johnstown Road, but hundreds more are in urban areas with much greater numbers of Ohioans traveling over them every day.
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The sponsorship coincides with the ILDP s 25th anniversary.
The ILDP provides attendees with a solid understanding of industry economics, how transportation work in the United States is funded and financed, how actions by the federal government impact the industry, and how they and their company or agency can become politically engaged.