The state Department of Transportation is exploring sustainable transportation options and has released its PennDOT Pathways Program, which outlines ideas for filling the $8.1 billion annual highway and bridge transportation funding gap. To view the interactive PennDOT Pathways website and […]
PennDOT Seeking Local Input on Road Robots
The state Department of Transportation is currently developing rules for personal delivery devices, or autonomous robots, that are designed to deliver packages to consumers in Pennsylvania. Act 106 of 2020 authorizes the use of these devices in sidewalks and pedestrian […]
DEP Lifts Drought Watch in Ten Counties
The state Department of Environmental Protection has lifted a drought watch for ten counties, including Armstrong, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Erie, Fayette, Huntingdon, Indiana, and Mifflin counties. A drought watch remains in effect for Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Columbia, Cumberland, […]
Pennsylvania Announces Record Turnout for Nov. 3 Election
The Pennsylvania Department of State reported that turnout in the November 3 election appears to have set a record, exceeding turnout in every presidential election since at least 1960, with more than 6.9 million Pennsylvanians voting by mail ballot or […]
Reminder: Townships May Apply for Alternative Fuels Grants
The Energy Programs Office of the state Department of Environmental Protection is accepting grant applications under the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program for innovative, advanced fuel and vehicle technology projects until December 11, 2020. Townships, as well as school districts, municipal […]
PennDOT Toll Plan Could Fund Major Bridge Improvements
The state Public Private Transportation Partnership (P3) Board has approved a new transportation initiative, the Major Bridge P3 program, to help accelerate the reconstruction and rehabilitation of major bridges in partnership with the private sector. The program would help shorten bridge restrictions […]
PSATS Mourns the Loss of Tim Horner
It is with deep sadness that PSATS announces the passing of Tim Horner, the current Chair of the PSATS Trustees. Tim passed in the hospital Saturday, November 14 from non-Covid complications from pneumonia. Tim was a township supervisor from Chapman […]
Wolf to Nominate New Secretary of Labor and Industry
Gov. Tom Wolf intends to nominate current state Department of Labor and Industry Deputy Secretary for Safety and Labor-Management Relations Jennifer Berrier to serve as department secretary when current L&I Secretary W. Gerard “Jerry” Oleksiak retires December 4. Click here for more.
DEP Orders ETC Northeast to Keep Natural Gas Out of Unstable Pipeline
The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered ETC Northeast Pipeline, LLC to not put natural gas in unstable sections of the Revolution Pipeline in Butler, Beaver, Allegheny, and Washington counties. In September 2018, a landslide occurred along the Revolution […]
October 2020 CPI Released
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the October 2020 Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers, which was unchanged in October. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 1.2 percent. The bureau also released the CPI-U […]
