RESCUE PA ROADS

On average, for calendar years 2020 and 2021, PennDOT’s contract levels for road and bridge construction repair and maintenance projects are at or near the lowest levels since 2006. Contracts for design projects were put on hold in 2020 and need to increase to keep road and bridge improvements moving forward.

The current state budget diverts $706 million from the Motor License Fund to the State Police budget. This means more than 11 cents per gallon of the state’s gas tax is not going to road improvements. By stopping this shift of funds and using gas tax money to pay for road improvements, PA could finance major bridge projects and fund other road improvements without raising taxes.

Many other states are planning to use budget surpluses created by American Rescue Plan monies to invest in transportation projects including Colorado, Utah, Georgia, Idaho, and Michigan.

Right now, we have a unique opportunity to fully end the diversion of money from the Motor License Fund and restore transportation funds for transportation uses. Tell your elected official that it’s time to seize the opportunity and use the American Rescue Plan to rescue PA’s roads.

INDUSTRY NEWS

• House to Consider Surface Reauthorization & Infrastructure Bill Before Sept. 30 Deadline
• Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act – Grassroots Action Alert
• PA Budget Includes a Win for the Highway Construction Industry
• Latham on This Week in PA
• Latham Discusses Funding Proposal on WITF Smart Talk
• This Week in the Capitol…June 17

News items above are supplied by the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors.