In Pennsylvania, over the past five years, we have had to cut capacity investments by 80 percent because of constrained resources. We are concentrating our limited resources on fixing our large and old inventory of bridges
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and our equally large and costly network of highways. Still, there are continuing strategic capacity needs that would help ease congestion, but most are unreachable given current revenue streams. Any debate about the future direction of transportation investment must recognize that even status quo means more resources, and if the discussion includes no additional resources, deteriorating road and bridge conditions are inevitable.”
— Allen D. Biehler, P.E., Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
