Norwegian Cruise Line to make Philly its home port starting in 2026
Norwegian Cruise Line will make Philadelphia its home port for voyages to Bermuda and the northern Atlantic Coast beginning in spring 2026, city officials said Wednesday. The agreement marks a new chapter for cruise travel out of the city, a small industry that collapsed around the start of the 2010s as cruise lines opted for other ports of departure.
Norfolk Southern under pressure from U.S. senators in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawmakers want to ensure communication and safety problems that arose after a Norfolk Southern Corp. train derailed last year in Logan Township, Pa., do not happen again.
One of the largest highway construction projects in the Pgh. region to begin
Roadwork starts Monday on an exit ramp off the Parkway East that will set the stage for one of the largest highway construction projects in the Pittsburgh region — the $95 million replacement of the Commercial Street Bridge. It’s the 861-foot-long bridge that carries 100,000 cars a day in and out of the Squirrel Hill tunnels on the Monroeville side of the Parkway East.
Federal funds accelerate work on safe streets but there are roadblocks
LANCASTER, Pa. — The streets of this Colonial-era city are old and narrow, with blocks of 19th century brick rowhouses sitting just feet from the sidewalk. That hasn’t stopped Mayor Danene Sorace from making some 21st century changes — adding protected bike lanes and converting one-way streets to two lanes — in the name of safety.