The winter took a toll on Pennsylvania’s roads and PennDOT is now trying to make it right.
Governor Tom Wolf and his administration has allocated over $180 million for a pothole repair initiative known as Resurfacing PA.
“This is a problem that plagues Pennsylvanians every year, but after this winter season we are accelerating repairs and much-needed projects to improve travel in the short-term and in the
future,” Wolf said. “Resurface PA is our latest step to improve roadways across the state and enhance our roadways’ safety and condition.”
The major effort will repair potholes on nearly 40,000 miles of state-owned highway.
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Federal funding and leftover cash from other projects mean many of the repairs can take place sooner than originally scheduled.
Through the end of April, PennDOT crews had used nearly 23,000 tons of asphalt repairing potholes statewide, equal to the weight of roughly 1,500 PennDOT dump trucks. In comparison,
by the same time in 2017, PennDOT had used 15,418 tons of asphalt and 14,673 tons in 2016. PennDOT has spent more than $17 million on pothole repairs statewide through the end of April
this year. With Pennsylvania’s aggressive freeze-thaw cycle, roadways will always experience potholes.
PennDOT crews are working vigorously to repair pothole damage on nearly 40,000 miles of state-owned roadway, addressing higher traffic roadways first and working on others as soon as
possible. Earlier repairs were temporary because long-lasting asphalt is not available until the weather warms and asphalt plants open operations.
Motorists can report potholes and other highway-maintenance concerns on state routes here or by calling PennDOT’s toll-free hotline at 1-800-FIX-ROAD (1-800-349-7623).
