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Citing Amtrak Accident, Rendell Goes For Quick Passage Of Transportation Bill
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_1305201517414038430AA.mp4 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “Forty-eight percent of Pittsburgh’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete,” former Gov....
View ArticleRegion Could Benefit If Congress Approves Trump Infrastructure Program
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Addressing Congress, President Trump repeated a frequent campaign theme. “We’ve spent trillions and trillions overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled,” he...
View ArticleGov. Wolf Announces Funding To Improve Bridges, Roads And More
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Gov. Tom Wolf is announcing funding to improve bridges, roads and more around the state. It is all thanks to the Multimodal Transportation Fund....
View ArticleGov. Wolf Visits Waynesburg To Unveil High-Speed Internet Expansion Proposal
Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | Twitter WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s governor is promoting a statewide infrastructure plan as a way to fund the expansion of broadband into areas that lack...
View ArticleStudy: Pennsylvania Roads Rank 5th Worst In U.S.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you think Pennsylvania has some of the worst road infrastructure in the country, you wouldn’t be wrong. A new study says Pennsylvania’s roads have the fifth-worst infrastructure...
View ArticleHundreds Of Pennsylvania Dams Pose ‘High Hazard’
PENNSYLVANIA (KDKA) — New research has found that Pennsylvania dams are just another part of the state’s infrastructure woes. The state has 86,000 miles of rivers and streams that include 3,400 dams....
View ArticlePennDOT Avoids Major Shutdown But Needs Long-Term Funding Fix
HARRISBURG (KDKA) – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has avoided a major shutdown. PennDOT had originally said it expected to run out of money Dec. 1. According to legislators, the...
View ArticleGov. Tom Wolf Commits To Phasing Out Gas Tax
By: KDKA-TV News Staff HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Gov. Tom Wolf is pushing to phase out gas tax, creating a commission that will find other ways to fund the state’s infrastructure. Gov. Tom Wolf says gas tax...
View ArticleMayor Bill Peduto Hopes To Talk Water Infrastructure With President Biden...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With President Joe Biden set to be in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, he’s expected to talk about infrastructure and make a major announcement. Mayor Bill Peduto...
View ArticlePres. Joe Biden Visiting Pittsburgh To Announce Multi-Trillion-Dollar...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon to announce a multi-trillion-dollar plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure. Biden began his presidential campaign...
View ArticlePresident Joe Biden Unveils $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan In Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — President Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan during a visit to the Pittsburgh area this afternoon. The “American Jobs Plan” plan, part of President Biden’s...
View ArticlePennsylvania’s Infrastructure Gets C-Minus From White House Report
WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) — President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he’s sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure, but Republican lawmakers have deep-seated doubts about the scope of his proposed...
View ArticleBipartisan Compromise On Infrastructure Bill Seems More Elusive Than Ever
By: Jon Delano WASHINGTON (KDKA) – President Biden met Monday afternoon with Republican lawmakers in an effort to seek bipartisan support for his infrastructure building plan. The President says he’s...
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‘I’m Not A Roadblock At All:’ West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin Pushes For...
(CNN) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that he’s not a “roadblock” for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, even as he uses his key position in the Senate to push against some aspects of...
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‘A State Of Disrepair’: Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg Drops By...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was in Pittsburgh Thursday, touring our bridges as part of the Biden administration’s work to gain support for the American...
View ArticleSenators Reach Tentative Bipartisan Plan On National Infrastructure
WASHINGTON D.C. (KDKA) — Details still need to be worked out, but a potential bipartisan plan on infrastructure has been reached by senators. Today, they’ll be meeting with President Joe Biden to...
View ArticleState Leaders Search For Ways To Fund Fixes To Pennsylvania’s Aging And...
HARRISBURG (KDKA) – After a report came out saying Pennsylvania’s roads and bridges rank towards the bottom of the country, we got some answers. A nationwide study found the state has some of the worst...
View ArticlePennsylvania Transportation Funding Report Could Launch Years Of Debate
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A transportation funding commission is preparing to recommend how to raise billions more dollars in Pennsylvania for a 21st-century highway system, a report that will land at a...
View ArticleSenate Moves Ahead On Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON (KDKA) – The Senate has voted to take up consideration of a bipartisan multi-billion dollar infrastructure bill endorsed by President Biden. Money editor Jon Delano spoke with a key member...
View ArticleCity Of Pittsburgh Releases 50-Year Plan For Transportation
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The City of Pittsburgh released a transportation plan for the next 50 years, and it includes several ambitious projects like gondolas and high-speed intercity...
View ArticleWith Expanded And New Programs, Democrats Say Human Infrastructure Bill Will...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Congressional Democrats continue to debate how much to spend on President Joe Biden’s human infrastructure bill. The president’s bill expands and adds a number of programs that...
View Article‘There’s No Money To Fix It:’ Roads And Bridges In Need Of Repair In Limbo As...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The struggle to find enough money to keep the roads and bridges in Pennsylvania from crumbling beyond use continues on two fronts. The Federal Transportation Department says the...
View ArticleALCOSAN’s $2.5B Plan To Clean Rivers Costs Ratepayers, Raises Objections From...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It’s the biggest public works project in the history of the region: $2.5 billion in construction aimed at cleaning up our rivers and streams. “The Big Fix.” The problem is you’re on...
View ArticleU.S. Secretary Of Energy Jennifer Granholm Says Pennsylvania To Get Billions...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania is going to get billions of dollars under President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure deal that Congress approved last Friday. In an interview seen only on KDKA,...
View ArticleLocal Leaders Praise Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – With the bipartisan infrastructure bill now law, Pennsylvania is set to receive $18 billion of the money. Local leaders said Wednesday that some of that money will be used in the...
View ArticleTransportation Secretary Buttigieg Unveils Bridge Repair Funding Plan, With...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was in Philadelphia on Friday to announce a new bridge repair program that will pump millions of dollars into this area. Pennsylvania...
View ArticlePresident Joe Biden Visiting Pittsburgh Friday
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – President Joe Biden will visit Pittsburgh Friday. The president will travel to Pittsburgh to talk about strengthening the nation’s supply chains,...
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At Site Of Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse, President Joe Biden Promises To ‘Fix...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Looking across the snow-covered chasm where the Fern Hollow Bridge once stood in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, President Joe Biden touted the $1.2...
View ArticleNational Transportation Safety Board Investigating Fern Hollow Bridge Collapse
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Help is here at Fern Hollow Bridge and more could be on the way Saturday. Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a proclamation of disaster emergency allowing the state to support Allegheny...
View ArticleLeaders Forming Task Force To Prioritize Other Bridges In Dire Need Of Repairs
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge has raised a lot of questions. Why wasn’t a bridge rated in poor condition shut down? How safe are dozens of other similarly rated bridges?...
View ArticleO’Connor, Gainey Introduce Legislation To Form City Infrastructure Commission
By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Mayor Ed Gainey and city Councilman Corey O’Connor are calling for the formation of a task force that will identify the local infrastructure most in need of...
View ArticleState Diverted $4.2B In Gas Tax Meant To Repair Bridges And Roads
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – For the past decade, you’ve been paying the third-highest gas tax in the nation at the pump — money that was intended to fix our bridges and our roads. Only that’s not where it...
View ArticlePennDOT Orders Reviews Of 5 Bridges Sharing Design Of Collapsed Pittsburgh...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has ordered structural reviews of five other bridges with similar construction to the Pittsburgh bridge that collapsed Friday. The...
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Wooden Posts Under South Negley Avenue Bridge Raise Concerns
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – At a time of unprecedented public concern about the condition of our bridges, it’s a sight to give pause: thin wooden posts under each corner of the South Negley Avenue Bridge,...
View ArticleTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Trying To Expedite Money For Local...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says the collapse of the Fern Hollow Bridge was “a blunt reminder.” In his first local television interview since the bridge collapse...
View ArticleCity Council Votes To Create Task Force To Prioritize Bridge Repairs
City Council created a task force to determine which bridges are in the worst conditions and which should get immediate attention.
View ArticleCrumbling Parking Garages Create Problems For Westmoreland County Cities
NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) – In the wake of the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse, there’s been a lot of focus on failing infrastructure in the region. Public roads, bridges and the like are in bad shape in...
View ArticlePittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess Proposes Tax On Higher Education And...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh City Councilman Ricky Burgess introduced a new ordinance aimed at bridging the gap in the city’s infrastructure budget. The proposed ordinance would impose a user...
View ArticleAndover Terrace Residents Say Street Is Shifting
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Neighbors on Andover Terrace in North Oakland say their street is cracking, shifting and sliding. The city put barriers up on Andover Terrace to block neighbors and visitors from...
View ArticlePittsburgh Tracking Over 100 Active Landslides
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Landslides are an act of nature that cost a lot of money to repair. Unfortunately, more and more keep popping up across the City of Pittsburgh. KDKA Investigator Meghan Schiller...
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