PennDot Takes Measure of Transportation Asset Flood Damage

For the past 10 years, flooding has cost the state Department of Transportation more than $210 million in damage to state roads and bridges. As a result, PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards announced Thursday that the state will conduct a four-phase study to identify current flood-prone areas and areas with the potential to flood in the future and recommend ways to mitigate flood damage to transportation assets. Read more

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