PA Roads Get Bad Grades
By: Kevin Flanigan
Updated: May 24, 2010
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY - A new report concludes that roads and highway bridges in Pennsylvania are in poor condition and likely to get worse.
The report card released by the American Society of Civil Engineers it titled "The Keystone in Crisis."
Four years ago, the Organization gave Pennsylvania a "D" for the conditions of its highway network. In the new report, that grade has dropped to a "D" minus.
The people behind the report say an infrastructure crisis is developing that will affect everyone in this state for years to come.
The condition of Pennsylvania roads has been a growing concern.
The same report says the condition of the more than 22 thousand highway bridges in the state is also a cause for concern giving those structures an over all grade of "C".
A lack of adequate funding was seen as a key reason the State's transportation network appears to be getting worse.
The report card released by the American Society of Civil Engineers it titled "The Keystone in Crisis."
Four years ago, the Organization gave Pennsylvania a "D" for the conditions of its highway network. In the new report, that grade has dropped to a "D" minus.
The people behind the report say an infrastructure crisis is developing that will affect everyone in this state for years to come.
The condition of Pennsylvania roads has been a growing concern.
The same report says the condition of the more than 22 thousand highway bridges in the state is also a cause for concern giving those structures an over all grade of "C".
A lack of adequate funding was seen as a key reason the State's transportation network appears to be getting worse.
