PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said if the state’s $2.3 billion transportation infrastructure plan doesn’t direct spending to neglected bridges and critical infrastructure needs, it would raise “red flags” in his office.
“If we’re doing this package and the structurally deficient bridges aren’t the first ones getting the money, OK, something’s wrong,” DePasquale said…
The bill allocates $40 million for general transportation projects to be determined by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, a state board that includes legislative appointees. Critics consider that money to be akin to “walking around money” to pay for legislative pet projects… (more)
Why didn’t DePasquale say something before the bill was passed when we could do something about it? Oh, I forgot. He is running for governor.