PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 472
PRINTER'S NO. 637
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
53
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, ARGALL, J. WARD, MENSCH, MARTIN, YAW,
YUDICHAK, PITTMAN, MASTRIANO, STEFANO, SCHWANK AND AUMENT,
MARCH 19, 2021
SENATOR LANGERHOLC, TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED, APRIL 20, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct a study and issue a report, by 12 months from the
date of the adoption of this resolution, on the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation's highway maintenance funding.
WHEREAS, Reliable and sustainable transportation funding
remains a critical issue in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, Investments in State road and bridge construction
contracts, public transportation capital projects, local road
and bridge assistance, certain turnpike expansion projects,
multi-modal capital projects and the condition of dirt, gravel
or low-volume roads are critical to highway safety, mobility and
economic development; and
WHEREAS, Under 75 Pa.C.S. Ch. 91, the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation (PennDOT) provides maintenance to highways
using a funding formula that has not been updated since 1997;
and
WHEREAS, In 2002, the Legislative Budget and Finance
Committee (LBFC) conducted a performance audit of PennDOT, a
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