MCALL.COM: …PennDOT had estimated Act 89 would allow the agency to spend an additional $800 million in the first 18 months. PennDOT figured it could pay for 200 additional projects totaling nearly 1,600 miles of road improvements and 83 bridges.
The law has brought in $1.5 billion in the same time, enabling the state to repave and resurface 221 roads, spanning 1,696 miles, by November, PennDOT records show. That includes 20 road projects and more than 199 miles in the district that covers the Lehigh Valley, Poconos and Berks County.
Those figures do not include additional road projects scheduled to be bid in the fall, with construction in 2015… (more)
