PENNSYLVANIA, November 15 - 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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