Tue February 16, 2021 - Northeast Edition
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has received $407.2 million in federal
COVID relief funds for road and bridge projects that will help cover revenue gaps in its construction program. While these funds are definitely helpful, they won t cover all of the construction needs of Pennsylvania roads and bridges, said Alexis Campbell, a PennDOT spokesperson.
The bulk of PennDOT s construction funding is paid by gasoline taxes. Less money is coming in from gas taxes because fewer motorists are driving during the pandemic.
Even before the pandemic, PennDOT was predicting a $289 million drop in revenues from gas tax reductions.
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They say hindsight is 20/20.
And what hindsight has shown us as the year 2020 comes to an end is that predicting the future can sometimes be laughably difficult.
Back in the beginning of the year the
Reading Eagle took a look at the expectations for the following 12 months. But at that time we had no clue 2020 was going to be a year like no other we had ever experienced.
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It was a year that saw the spread of an unprecedented health crisis to all corners of the world that devastated families, paralyzed economies, transformed the highly contested presidential election and altered nearly every aspect of our daily lives.
They say hindsight is 20/20.
And what hindsight has shown us as the year 2020 comes to an end is that predicting the future can sometimes be laughably difficult.
Back in the beginning of the year the
Reading Eagle took a look at the expectations for the following 12 months. But at that time we had no clue 2020 was going to be a year like no other we had ever experienced.
- Advertisement -
It was a year that saw the spread of an unprecedented health crisis to all corners of the world that devastated families, paralyzed economies, transformed the highly contested presidential election and altered nearly every aspect of our daily lives.