POST-GAZETTE: Pennsylvania is steadily reducing its huge inventory of deficient bridges, but statewide and locally, the roads are getting worse…
Statewide, “poor” road miles declined from nearly 18,000 in 1996 to about 6,500 in 2008. But the trend toward better roads reversed itself in 2009 and 2010, with more than 8,000 miles rated “poor” last year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation…
Newly appointed PennDOT Secretary Barry Schoch said the state, with inadequate funding, had to make a choice. “Obviously, we’re concerned about the smoothness of roads. But a bigger safety issue is the structural stability of bridges,” he said… (more)
