{"id":293315,"date":"2026-09-24T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293315\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T22:22:10","slug":"governor-shapiro-announces-775-million-for-pennsylvania-road-and-bridge-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/293315\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Shapiro announces $775 million for Pennsylvania road and bridge projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Shapiro announces $775 million for Pennsylvania road and bridge projects<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/003b0fcd-4def-48bb-ad8b-2204a8b1d7fe\" aria-label=\"Lori Burkholder profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790288530_191_003b0fcd-4def-48bb-ad8b-2204a8b1d7fe_1654041445.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Lori Burkholder\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Governor Josh Shapiro announced a $775 million investment in Pennsylvania\u2019s roads and bridges during a visit to Bethlehem, Lehigh County.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">&#8220;I know that infrastructure is absolutely essential to the future of our commonwealth,&#8221; Shapiro said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The funding will support 79 projects across the state, including paving over 400 miles of roads in 44 counties. The first $250 million will be available immediately.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;I know sometimes we talk about things and it&#8217;s years and years and years in the future. No. I want to make sure this happens right now,&#8221; Shapiro said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">He added, &#8220;All told, each of our 67 counties will get dollars from this rapid deployment fund.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The money comes from the Motor License Fund through this year\u2019s state budget and will be distributed in rounds over the next 18 months to repair state-owned roads across Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Shapiro announces $775 million for Pennsylvania road and bridge projects BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Governor Josh Shapiro announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[121523,121524,153,155,154,451,433,62691,121525,121526],"class_list":["post-293315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-775-million-investment","tag-79-projects-across-the-state","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-governor-josh-shapiro","tag-lehigh-county","tag-motor-license-fund","tag-paving-over-400-miles-of-roads-in-44-counties","tag-roads-and-bridges"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293315","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=293315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}