infrastructure

Wolf makes closing pitch for infrastructure plan ahead of start of budget season

BY: - May 15, 2019

Gov. Tom Wolf closed out his tour of Pennsylvania’s flood-ravaged boroughs and rusted out mill towns in a place that’s neither flood-ravaged nor rusted out. Standing in the gilded state Capitol, where he was surrounded by local and state officeholders, the Democratic governor made his closing argument for his $4.5 billion in infrastructure plan, Restore […]

COMMENTARY

It’s time to get our heads together on infrastructure | Opinion

BY: - May 8, 2019

This is about the public’s safety, and both our region’s and our nation’s economy. 

Winter weather swings could make potholes worse than usual, PennDOT says

BY: - February 25, 2019

If you thought Pennsylvania’s roads couldn’t get any worse, the state’s top transportation expert has bad news for you. Pennsylvania transportation Secretary Leslie Richards told the Senate Appropriations Committee Monday that her office is expecting a worse-than-usual season for potholes this spring due to extreme temperature fluctuations over the winter. Potholes form when asphalt expands […]