After decades of decay, part of an important road between the East Hills and Penn Hills has been renovated.<\/p>\n
East Hills Drive had developed a reputation as a dangerous place to drive, prompting state and local leaders to take action.<\/p>\n
In the past, the roadway was compared to the surface of the moon when driving on it, but after restoration efforts, that has changed.<\/p>\n
“This is a project probably 20 years in the making,” said Pittsburgh City Councilmember Khari Mosley.<\/p>\n
To make the important road passable again, the state, city, and officials from Petra Ministries, whose church is served by the road, secured $250,000 early this year to repair the connector between Penn Hills and the East Hills of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
“It’s a wonderful day for Petra, but I think even more so, it’s a great day for the East Hills and Pittsburgh,” said Bishop Donald Clay.<\/p>\n
In its former state, one section of East Hills Drive became a dumping ground because it looked abandoned. Officials hope the roadway upgrade will put an end to that.<\/p>\n
The new roadbed will be much easier for cars using it.<\/p>\n
“It was unbearable. Really, it was a liability,” said Elder Jim Balthrop, a Petra church member.<\/p>\n
State Rep. La’tasha D. Mayes says fixing this road also improves the community’s overall presentation and economic viability.<\/p>\n
“It’s a serious matter when we can repair infrastructure in communities that have faced disinvestment for so many years,” Rep. Mayes (D) said.<\/p>\n
Joe McAndrew, the state representative for the 32nd district, says what happened to East Hills Drive is just one of many improvements on the drawing board.<\/p>\n
“Only one of many yet to come; we have more lined up in the future. Allegheny River Boulevard is on our radar, as are some other streets as well,” Rep. McAndrew (D) said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After decades of decay, part of an important road between the East Hills and Penn Hills has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[53,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-56618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-construction","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56618","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=56618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}