PennDOT said it has committed $455.9M in liquid fuels payments to help certified municipalities maintain their roads and bridges, approximately 1 percent more than last year.
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“We have the fifth-largest state-maintained road system in the country, and the locally owned roadway network is even larger,” PennDOT Deputy Secretary for Planning Larry Shifflet said. “The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s bridge funding will help with some local bridges, but we need to leverage all available state and local-funding solutions to help our municipalities.”
outlined that the unmet funding need on locally owned roads and bridges is estimated to be nearly $3.9 billion per year, growing to $5.1 billion annually by 2030. This is in addition to the dedicated local funding municipalities receive from PennDOT through previous legislation and approximately 13.5 percent of annual gas tax revenues, the release said.
, according to the release. From December 2015 through December 2021, $180.8 million has been collected and distributed to the respective counties.
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