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This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dive Brief:<\/p>\n Pennsylvania\u2019s State Transportation Commission has adopted a plan to inject $90 billion into the state\u2019s infrastructure work<\/a> over the next 12 years, the state announced on Aug. 6. Dive Insight:<\/p>\n Since Gov. Josh Shapiro took office in 2023, the state has improved 21,291 miles of road statewide and advanced work on 1,931 state and local bridges, Alexis Campbell, press secretary for PennDOT, told Construction Dive via email.<\/p>\n Through the first four years of the program, which is slated to begin on Oct. 1, the state anticipates:<\/p>\n $16.9 billion for state highway and bridge projects.\u00a0 The state\u2019s plan was announced as broader infrastructure funding remains uncertain due to the pending expiration of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Sept. 30<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The U.S. Senate passed a stopgap budget reconciliation bill on Aug. 8, which will fund the federal government until Dec. 11 and provide cash for surface transportation projects<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n Some infrastructure sectors have been buoyant in the U.S., with rail projects<\/a> and water infrastructure work<\/a> in particular gaining significant momentum.<\/p>\n The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has played a crucial role in moving these infrastructure projects forward, Campbell said. As of the announcement, the state is holding fast for funding.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are currently awaiting federal reauthorization of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which will expire in September 2026. The TYP assumes that federal funding appropriated will continue but will remain flat, at 2026 levels, through each year of the program,\u201d Campbell wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-266304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe funds will go toward improvements to roads, bridges, transit systems, airports, railroads and active transportation, according to the announcement. The funding represents a more than 3% increase from the 2025 iteration of the 12-year program, per the state, which the STC is required by law to submit every two years.
\nNow that the commission has approved the plan, the Pennsylvania DOT will submit it to the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration for review. FHWA, working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will look at the plan\u2019s conformity with air quality requirements.<\/p>\n
\n$12.9 billion for public transit.\u00a0
\n$367 million for multimodal projects.\u00a0
\n$240 million for rail freight.\u00a0
\n$154 million for aviation.<\/p>\n