Posted on 04/14/2020 5:26:57 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Even though Gov. Tom Wolf has barred most road construction because of the coronavirus, PennDOT has managed to get a waiver to begin a major road repair project this week on a busy stretch of Interstate 95.
It involves an 11-mile section of the highway that runs from the Pensylvania-Delaware border northward to Tinicum Township, Delaware County, just beyond the Route 420 interchange.
PennDOT classified the project as “critical infrastructure” repairs. It was among more than three-dozen projects across the state that got the governor’s blessing to proceed.
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Trump made it clear this evening that governors now own their own stupidity.
He barred road construction?
Heck, construction is booming here right now.
How does being alone in a machine spread anything around?
Let alone the fact that fewer cars on the road make it easier and safer for every road worker
My brother is working on the PA turnpike bridge at the Delaware River. He mentioned Pa Gov exemption for essential infrastructure for his job as well.
But he also said “follow the money”. This contract has a schedule-based bonus/penalty. If the government shuts it down, the contractor will sue the government — which would cost the state to defend.
I’m sure we will get the go-ahead to go back to work an all the roads in PA will be smooth as glass. I’m absolutely sure of it.
Good
‘He barred road construction?’
he also closed liquor stores; but he’s having a hell of a time trying to close up the tree buds...
‘Trump made it clear this evening that governors now own their own stupidity.’
that was already known...
‘I’m sure we will get the go-ahead to go back to work an all the roads in PA will be smooth as glass.’
what’s smooth as glass in PA is Tom Wolf’s follically challenged pate...
So, only government construction is allowed? No private/commercial work?
It makes sense to do road work now with so many fewer cars on the road.
Sense? Fah!
Couldn’t agree more. This is a great time to get some road construction done. These tinpot governors are a bad joke.
Wolf is picking winners and losers with his uneven application of emergency business activity restrictions. I believe the legal liability facing state government as a result of these inconsistent policies will be enormous and create a crushing economic burden on a state that already is teetering on the edge of Financial disaster.
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