The Morning Call - Wed January 05, 2022
Several Lehigh Valley Projects in Pennsylvania Moving Forward with New Federal Funding
With Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley needing more than $4 billion to fund improvements to its roads and bridges over the next 25 years, according to area transportation officials, every bit of money helps....
Erie Times-News - Mon December 13, 2021
PennDOT Construction Season Ends, But Many NW Projects to Resume in 2022
The 2021 road construction season has now ended for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). When warmer weather returns next year, though, construction activities will resume across the Commonwealth on millions of dollars of infrastructure projects....
CEG - Tue November 09, 2021
PennDOT Set for Major Influx of Funds From Newly Passed Infrastructure Bill
With congressional approval of the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) on Nov. 6, President Biden fulfilled a major priority for his domestic agenda. After months of tense negotiations, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill 228-206, following the Senate's 69-30 vote count in August, thus cementing a political victory for Democrats....
CEG - Mon October 25, 2021
New Train Station in Coatesville, Pa., May Help Boost City West of Philadelphia
The long-planned effort to build a new $65 million train station in Coatesville, Pa., took another step forward Oct. 22 when federal, state and local officials broke ground on a project that will seek to revitalize the Chester County city....
PennDOT - Mon October 18, 2021
Wolf Administration Highlights Collaborative Pilot to Pave Roadway With Recycled Plastic
Officials from the Pennsylvania Departments of Transportation (PennDOT), Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), Environmental Protection (DEP) and General Services (DGS) highlighted a pilot project to pave part of a Ridley Creek State Park roadway with an asphalt and recycled plastic mixture....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 23, 2021
Rock Slide Road Cleanup, Repair Enters Home Stretch
Final work continues in the area of a major rockslide that occurred in June in Henry Clay Township in Pennsylvania near the border of Fayette and Somerset counties. The slide on Route 40 near the Youghiogheny River Lake occurred at 8:24 p.m....
CEG - Thu September 16, 2021
PennDOT Teams with Builders, PA Turnpike, to Launch Safety Campaign
Pennsylvania's highway construction industry began partnering with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for a safety stand-down on Sept. 15....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu July 29, 2021
Trumbull Tackles 'a Little Bit of Everything' On Ohio River Crossing
The Neville Island Bridge Preservation Project (SR 79-A61) continues west of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pa. The bridge is located in Neville Township, Robinson Township and Glenfield Borough and crosses the Ohio River and Neville Island....
WHYY - Thu July 22, 2021
Highway Cap Over I-95 at Philly's Penn's Landing Delayed Another Two Years
A timeline that had sought to begin construction on a highway cap over Interstate 95 at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia has been pushed back another two years, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 03, 2021
Fay Forges Ahead Over the Yough
A bridge in McKeesport, Pa., is currently being revitalized for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The Jerome Street Bridge is an arch bridge crossing the Youghiogheny River. It opened in the current design in 1937 and was previously rehabilitated in 1988....
