U.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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