Engineers grade Pa.’s infrastructure C-minus

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Pennsylvania’s infrastructure has not improved since 2010, and the ongoing deterioration of its bridges and the near-failing condition of its roads remain a major economic problem for the state, according to a report card released Wednesday by the American Society of Civil Engineers…

Pennsylvania’s roads remained a sore spot, earning a grade of D-minus this year, the same as in 2010, the last time the report on Pennsylvania infrastructure was prepared.

Despite the additional money for roads in Act 89 – which will generate an estimated additional $2.4 billion in transportation funding by 2018 than otherwise would have been available – the civil engineers group said roadway needs would still not be met in 2019… (more)

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