- Rewrite Of Pennsylvania P3 Law Takes Effect, Leaving Nine Bridge Projects In Limbo
- Missouri Commission Approves Five-Year Transportation Improvement Program
- Texas Driver Argues Unborn Child Counts As HOV Passenger
- Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate Continues To Fall
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
This is a Subscribers-Only area. If you are a subscriber, please login. If not...
Become a Subscriber Today »
Rewrite Of Pennsylvania P3 Law Takes Effect, Leaving Nine Bridge Projects In Limbo
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, Pennsylvania Senate Bill 382, legislation that substantially amends the state’s public-private transportation partnerships statute, became law yesterday when signed by Governor Tom Wolf (D). Among other things, the measure leaves PennDOT and a Macquarie-led joint venture hanging over the future of a plan to replace nine deficient interstate highway bridges. Although the projects could still be delivered through a form of public-private partnership, the law forces PennDOT to find an alternative to its original toll-based financing strategy. “There’s just a lot up in the air right now,” said a PennDOT spokeswoman. “I think the path forward is still to be determined. The payment plan is the biggest issue.” A Macquarie spokesman told the newspaper “the company has been told to remain on stand-by while the state decides how it will proceed. The state would owe the company a relatively small amount of money if it walks away from the deal.”
Issues of Law Macquarie Group P3 & Privatization Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)Missouri Commission Approves Five-Year Transportation Improvement Program
Transportation Today reports, Missouri’s Highways and Transportation Commission recently approved an FY 2023-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) focused on preventive maintenance. It makes an estimated $7.65 billion available for road and bridge projects over the next five years. MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna noted that the new STIP, the state’s largest to date, required “the collective efforts of policymakers, state leaders and the leadership of the commission, which has held firm on the need for resources to do the projects our citizens expect us to do.”
Missouri Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)Texas Driver Argues Unborn Child Counts As HOV Passenger
The Washington Post reports, a Texas woman cited for driving in a Dallas HOV 2+ lane without a passenger will contest the citation on the basis that she was 34 weeks pregnant when stopped and her fetus counted as a second vehicle occupant. Brandy Bottone argues that Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, last month’s abortion ruling by the US Supreme Court, supports her contention that an unborn child is a person within the meaning of state transportation law. TxDOT did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Carpooling Issues of Law Texas Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)Transportation Sector Unemployment Rate Continues To Fall
USDOT reports, “The unemployment rate in the U.S. transportation sector was 4.1% (not seasonally adjusted) in June 2022 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data,” a drop of 0.4 percentage points compared with May’s sector unemployment measure. “The June 2022 rate fell 2.1 percentage points from 6.2% in June 2021 and was just same as the pre-pandemic June level of 4.1% in June 2019.” For more information, see the BLS Unemployment in Transportation dashboard.
Transportation and Infrastructure Research & Development US Department of Labor US Department of Transportation (USDOT)These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
If you’re not already a Daily News Briefs subscriber and you want a complete picture of today’s news, click here or call 717-991-2823 for subscription information. If you’re a newcomer to TollRoadsNews.com, click here.