Pennsylvania's governor and legislative leaders have agreed on a temporary budget strategy that will allow the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation to continue with hundreds of road and bridge projects through February. While the move also eliminates the need to borrow up to $600 million to keep the agency afloat, new projects are on hold until a longer-term strategy is worked out.
“As a stopgap measure, the governor has directed PennDOT to anticipate pending and expected reimbursements to cover current construction and design expenses in the short term,” a PennDOT spokeswoman said in a statement. “This is not a long-term solution, as those reimbursements ultimately require matching state revenues to sustain, but all current sources are dedicated for other coming expenditures that must be reconciled as part of a true fix.”