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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has begun work on 79 \u201cRapid Deployment Projects\u201d to speed up road repairs across the state, Gov. Josh Shapiro said. <\/p>\n
The projects, funded by the state\u2019s 2026-2027 budget, will tackle repairs on more than 400 miles of roads in 44 counties. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Mike Carroll announced $250 million in funding was awarded to the projects, the first of $775 million from the Motor License Fund to quickly repair state-owned roads. The funding allows the projects to begin early, reduce ongoing maintenance costs, prevent further road deterioration and free up resources like crews and equipment for use in other projects. <\/p>\n
\u201cPennDOT has improved over 21,800 road miles and advanced work on nearly 2,000 state and local bridges \u2014 more than almost every other state in the nation,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cAs a result of the funding secured in this year\u2019s state budget, Pennsylvanians will see more miles paved faster than originally scheduled. I\u2019m committed to ensuring our communities have the modern transportation networks they need to continue to compete and grow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Work is underway on Route 378 between U.S. 22 and Hill-to-Hill Bridge in Bethlehem, Lehigh County, as well as on 10 miles of U.S. 40 in Fayette County, and on 6 miles of Route 77 in Crawford County. <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery county in Pennsylvania will see additional paving over the next 18 months because the Shapiro Administration secured additional funding in this year\u2019s budget,\u201d Carroll said. \u201cInvesting in these additional and expanded projects also allows PennDOT maintenance crews and funds to focus on other activities that help preserve our road and bridge system.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the improvements to Route 378, PennDOT crews will conduct work that includes milling and paving, concrete patching, base repairs, joint repairs, bridge deck repairs and overlays, guide rail upgrades, and new pavement marking along mainline Route 378 and the ramps at the interchanges with Catasauqua Road, 8th Avenue, and Center City exit. <\/p>\n
\u201cAfter consistently growing our region for the last 30 years, our infrastructure has fallen behind,\u201d state Senator Nick Miller (D-Allentown), said. \u201cBut under the leadership of Governor Shapiro, we\u2019ve been able to catch up, and accelerate some of these projects. The work isn\u2019t done, but these dollars are opening up opportunities and ensuring that our infrastructure can match the demand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 Shutterstock The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has begun work on 79 \u201cRapid Deployment Projects\u201d to speed up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-295552","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\/295552","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=295552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}