PHIA News Digest – Vol. 8, No. 33
How the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will impact Pa.
In today’s polarized political climate, few issues in Washington receive bipartisan support. Investment in the nation’s infrastructure, however, is a notable exception – and with good reason.
Plan to stop diverting road dollars state police could be final piece of Pa. budget
For at least 50 years, Pennsylvania has used taxes drivers pay at the pump to fund its State Police force. But lawmakers are hopeful that the main budget bill passed by the divided Pennsylvania General Assembly and recently signed by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is the first step to ending those transfers, which have diverted $8 billion from road and bridge construction in the past decade alone.
Steam locomotive from Franklin Institute to be displayed at Pa. Railroad Museum
A steam locomotive that has been on display at the Franklin Institute for the last 90 years was recently removed and will be relocated to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.
City, SEPTA and PennDOT cut ribbon on red bus-only lane
City officials joined SEPTA and PennDOT for a ceremonial ribbon-cutting of the newly painted red bus-only lane on Market Street between 20th and 15th streets.
PennDOT accepting grant applications for freight-rail infrastructure projects
PennDOT has opened the application period for grants under the Rail Transportation Assistance Program (RTAP) and the Rail Freight Assistance Program (RFAP).
How a central Pa. company became a major force in the traffic-control industry
When Mike Doner first heard the word “flagger” in the 1980s he didn’t know what it meant.
