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Sections G and H of today’s Annual • G4: Transportation bill promises funds for projects. • G5: Licensing, fees, fines for drivers rise in bill. • G6: How to safely get around big trucks. • G7: Interstate 81 widening is marquee project. • G8: Turnpike part of rebuilding effort. • G8: Three easy DIY tips to
maintain your vehicle. • G11: Help your car get better mileage. • G11: Study finds distracted drivers more dangerous than drunken ones. • H1: Photos of the transportation scene in Cumberland County. • H2: Weak infrastructure getting new life. • H4: All those highway
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projects can come with a big price tag. • H5: Odometer fraud cheats buyers. • H5: Is there a link between car color, accidents?
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Bill promises funds for projects By Tammie Gitt The Sentinel It’s not been an easy time for infrastructure in Pennsylvania. The state always deals with freeze and thaw cycles that leave potholes and road damage in their wake. Add to that a 2011 earthquake that prompted the inspection of every single bridge in the state, floods in the north, a 2006 bridge collapse over Interstate 79 and last year’s truck fire on Interstate 81, and it became clearer that
action had to be taken, said Eric Madden of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania. “We have been under attack, and it has zero prejudice in the location or the facility,” Madden said. The transportation bill, passed in November 2013 after a drawn-out battle, promises funding for roads, bridges, transit systems and pedestrian and bicycle facilities. And that, says one local legislator, is the problem with the measure.
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Licensing, fees, fines for drivers rise in bill By Tammie Gitt The Sentinel Discussions on changes to the gas tax and funding for infrastructure dominated conversation about the transportation bill, but provisions regarding licensing, registration and fines also will affect drivers in the Midstate. The transportation bill, now known as Act 89, gives counties the option to enact a $5-per-vehicle registration fee to raise money for bridges and roads. Cumberland County commissioners have yet to explore the option, and Commissioner Gary Eichelberger said he was not aware of any neighboring counties that have expressed an interest in it. At some point, though, there could be discussion on the issues at the county’s weekly finance meetings. Commissioner Jim Hertzler said the board would need to examine and analyze the option before any action is taken, although the measure could “help us further reduce the burden of property taxes to pay for necessary county bridge repairs and to help finance municipal road upgrades and maintenance.” The county would receive about $1.1 million in revenue from the $5 fee, which would come back to the county with no state administrative fees, said Commissioner Barb Cross. The funds could only be used under the same guidelines as liquid fuels money. Although her colleagues have not taken a stance on the measure, Cross said she would be in favor of the fee. “I was reticent at first to consider passing this additional fee on to our residents, but when considering the cost of repairing and re-
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The Orrs Bridge Road bridge could benefit from the transportation bill.
Bill Continued from G4 billion to $2.4 billion will have been spent as follows: • State roads and bridges: $1.3 billion • Public transportation: $480 million to $495 million • Local roads and bridges: $237 million • Pennsylvania Turnpike expansion projects: $86 million • Multi-modal fund: $144 million • Dirt/gravel/low-volume roads: $35 million The funding directs too much money into non-essential transportation while not fully investing in repairing and replacing bridges and other critical pieces of infrastructure, Bloom said. “Transportation infrastructure is critical, but we have to make tough choices in government and choose between the ‘must haves’ and ‘nice to haves,’” he said. Bloom pointed to significant funding directed to urban mass transit systems, which he said will underwrite those systems’ pension and employee benefit costs. “We just poured a bunch of money into that, which isn’t going to build a single bridge, isn’t going to pave a single road,” he said. David Lowdermilk, president of the state council of engineering companies,
said public transportation funding won’t go entirely to those urban centers. “Every county in this commonwealth has a transit system, and some of the transit systems that would have been most affected by a lack of a funding bill are those smaller counties that use public transportation to get people to dialysis and to medical appointments,” he said. Lowdermilk said this is also the first funding source that has addressed multimodal funding. According to PennDOT, multi-modal investment grants will grow with the rate of inflation beginning in 2015. There will be $5 million in aviation grants available in the 2013-2014 fiscal year, with $6 million available the following year. Freight rail and ports will see $8 million in grants this fiscal year, with an increase to $10 million in the following year. Grants for passenger rail will total $6 million this year, and $8 million next year. Bicycle and pedestrian initiatives will have $2 million in grants in both fiscal years. “It’s a long-term bill. It’s long-term funding, and its sustainable,” Lowdermilk said.
Much of that sustainabil- Madden said. ity comes from a change in The flat gas tax of 12 cents the state’s gas tax. per gallon was eliminated on Jan. 1, and is being rolled The gas tax into the oil company franThe tax on gasoline long chise tax, which is charged has been a staple of trans- at the wholesale level. portation funding, but revOver the next five years, enues from the tax have an artificial cap on the fransuffered as vehicles have be- chise tax will be removed. come increasingly fuel effi- Prior to the enactment of cient. this bill, oil companies paid “We have not been pre- the tax on a wholesale price pared for that fuel efficiency, capped at $1.25 per gallon, particularly when the rev- Lowdermilk said. enue that we use to preserve On Jan. 1, that cap was and to build our system is raised to $1.87 per gallon, in based on the fuel tax and the See Bill, G10 gallons of gas that are sold,”
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I-81 widening is marquee project ‘Decade of Investment’ in area will entail seven areas of improvement By Tammie Gitt The Sentinel
The Pennsylvania transportation bill, now officially known as Act 89, infused new funding into a number of projects across the state that are collectively known as the “Decade of Investment.” It’s a welcome move for David Lowdermilk, president of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Pennsylvania. “It’s been very hard to watch PennDOT use the limited amount of money that they had to basically put Band-Aids on problems and not be able to do what they want to do, and this is to improve the infrastructure system across the state,” he said. But, state Rep. Stephen Bloom, R-199, an opponent of Act 89, said significant road repairs were already in PennDOT’s plan under its annual $7 billion budget. Jason Malmont / The Sentinel “Most of the projects you’ll see in Cumberland A tractor-trailer drives past a farm along Interstate 81 between the New Kingstown exit and the High Street exit last April. County — most of them — were already on PennDOT’s total of $3.8 million. plan,” he said. The second most acThat includes rebuildtive stretch of road for ing the entire length of the bridge replacement under Pennsylvania Turnpike the program is Route 233, through his district. The where three bridges will project will include addibe replaced over tributartional sound barriers, as well ies to Doubling Gap Creek as bridge replacements. in Lower Mifflin Township “You’ll see these antiin the northern portion of quated, dangerous, 1940s the county. A bridge over turnpike underpasses on Mountain Creek in Cooke major routes like Route 74, Township will be replaced Route 34, Wolfs Bridge Road in the southern part of the ... those will all be replaced county. The total cost of rewith modern, safe, strucplacing all four bridges is turally sound bridges that $2.05 million. school buses and trucks can Two bridges also will be comfortably go under withreplaced on each of the folout danger,” Bloom said. lowing roads at the indicat“There’ll be adequate space ed costs as part of the Defor pedestrians to go under cade of Investment funding those bridges and walk unplan: der them while there’s traf• Route 696 (Shippensfic on the road.” burg Road) in Hopewell and Dickinson townships, $1 Road projects million. PennDOT created a web• Route 997 in Upper Mifsite for its “Decade of Inflin Township, $1 million. vestment” that enables us• Brandy Run Road in ers to search for projects Upper Mifflin Township, by county, by partner or by $900,000. state House or Senate disJason Malmont/The Sentinel One bridge will be retrict. Wolfs Bridge was closed last September after an inspection found it to be unsafe for vehicle traffic. placed on each of the folIn Cumberland County, lowing roads at the cost inseven road projects have are going to be replaced are will be replaced along the dicated: been identified under the project to resurface Route Bridge replacements • Three Square Hollow “Decade of Investment,” in- 11 from Route 533 to Smith The “Decade of Invest- less noticeable,” he said. length of Route 944 as it Roa d i n S h i p p e n s b u rg ment” website shows 28 “They’re short bridges over passes through East Penns- Road in Hopewell Township, cluding: • An estimated $1.25 mil- Township and Shippens- bridges that are slated for little, minor tributaries to boro, Hampden, Silver $450,000 • Route 641 in Hopewell lion project to resurface burg Borough. replacement. The major- some of our creeks, but Spring, Middlesex and LowThe most extensive proj- ity of them are located in they’re just wearing out, and er Frankford townships. The Township, $450,000 Route 11 (Enola Road) from they’ll be replaced.” bridges range in cost from West Street to Valley Road in ect on the list for the county Bloom’s district. See I-81, G10 is a widening project on InA total of seven bridges $400,000 to $850,000 for a East Pennsboro Township. “Some of the bridges that • An estimated $2.5 mil- terstate 81 at Route 581. The lion resurfacing project in $29 million project will add the eastern part of the coun- an extra lane northbound ty to include 17th Street, connecting the Route 114 Lisburn Road, Rossmoyne on-ramp to the exit ramp Road, Slate Hill Road and at Route 581. On the southGettysburg Pike in Lower bound side, the three lanes Allen Township and Camp at the Route 581 interchange will continue to the exit at Hill. • An estimated $1 million Route 114 to allow traffic project to resurface Central coming onto I-81 more time Boulevard, Slate Hill Road to merge into the main flow and St. John’s Church Road of traffic. No “It gives you more disin Lower Allen Township, FREE re Mainte We typically beat ALL su nan s e Shiremanstown and Hamp- tance and time to move from r P No Window ce tes! competition when it one lane to the other,” said den Township. s! Estima • An estimated $500,000 PennDOT spokesman Greg comes to price & service! project to resurface Shep- Penny. The change should lessen herdstown Road from Route 910 Roxbury Road, Newville 114 to Simpson Street in Up- congestion and, by exten243-4612 • FPCARL@PA.NET • www. 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Turnpike part of rebuilding effort By Andrew Carr The Sentinel New legislation in the funding of Pennsylvania roads will affect not only those roads run by PennDOT, but also the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and runs for more than 550 miles across the state, from the Ohio border to the New Jersey border. During the 1930s, the Pennsylvania Turnpike was designed to improve automobile transportation across the mountains of Pennsylvania, using seven tunnels built for the abandoned South Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1880s. The road opened on Oct. 1, 1940, between Irwin and Carlisle as the first long-distance limited-access highway in the United States, leading to the construction of other limited-access toll roads and the Interstate Highway System. Since that time, the turnpike has become an integral part of commerce both inside and outside the state. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is made up of five individuals, including four appointed by the governor and the secretary of transportation. The commission is an autonomous unit, and the majority of revenue does not rely on public tax dollars, said Carl DeFebo, spokesman for the commission. “How we differ from PennDOT is we don’t rely on any tax revenues for the operation and maintenance of the turnpike system,” he said. “We are in control of our own purse strings. I think that is a positive thing. It allows us to function a little bit more nimbly.” DeFebo said while the commission itself is relatively autonomous, it works closely with PennDOT, coordinating traffic efforts as well as providing needed funding for road projects. Greg Penny, spokesman for PennDOT District 8, said
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A tractor-trailer gets off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, top, as traffic drives under the overpass on the Harrisburg Pike last spring. leadership in both organizations encourages cooperation and communication, “especially in coordinating projects and detours.” “For example, when a closure occurs on the turnpike, we assist with our electronic message boards in directing traffic on state highways around the closure,” he said. “Likewise, when a truck fire at the I-81 Exit 67 interchange north of Harrisburg closed I-81 last May, motorists were allowed to use the turnpike free of charge between the Harrisburg East and Carlisle exits in order to avoid the I-81 closure.”
Act 89 As part of the new legislation, the Turnpike Commission saw several benefits that allows it to continue to invest in the infrastructure of the road, as well as expand projects that have been stalled due to lack of funding. Since 1985, the commission has undertaken several projects that were assigned by the General Assembly, in-
cluding two major construction efforts in the southwestern part of the state. A share of tax revenues, from the gas tax as well as licensing fees, goes toward that construction effort, but the majority of the funding comes from commission revenue, which relies on tolls collected from motorists, he said. DeFebo said another law, passed in 2007 — Act 44 — established payments from the commission to PennDOT to help transportation funding, which has reached $4 billion thus far. Under the new legislation, Act 89, that role has been decreased, allowing for more funding of turnpike programs, he said. “The funding plan, the biggest effect Act 89 has had, it has diminished our funding obligation to PennDOT under Act 44,” he said. In the first three years under Act 44, the turnpike transferred $750 million, $850 million and $900 million to PennDOT, he said, which was set to increase and continue until 2057.
With the new law, that contribution has been cut. “That is important because Act 44 is the reason that the turnpike is increasing our toll rates every January,” he said. “The turnpike increases tolls in part to help keep up our Act 44 funding obligation.” He said the biggest benefit of the new legislation is the cut allows for more investment into more turnpike programs. “The reason that is significant, if we didn’t get relief from Act 44, we would have had to dial back on our own capital investment plan,” he said. “Meaning we would have had to spend significantly less in investing in our own system. We were actually at a fork in the road that if it didn’t happen last year, we would have had to significantly dial back on our capital plan.” The 50-year obligation, which would have added up to $24 billion, has been cut to $8 billion by the new law, he said.
However, for the next eight years, the turnpike will contribute $450 million to PennDOT programs per year, which will decrease to $50 million per year between 2023 and 2057.
Investment DeFebo said the commission has invested “very heavily” in Cumberland County, because of the area’s importance as a transportation hub. The county covers miles 201.58 to 239.46. “We have been spending hundreds of millions of dollars in Cumberland County,” DeFebo said. Two major reconstructions have been completed, covering nearly 10 miles, at a cost of more than $145 million. Those projects completed include parts of the turnpike from mile marker 211 to 215 at a cost of $75.9 million, and miles 215 to 220 at $70.9 million. Two more projects, which cover 10-plus miles, are being designed and will go into construction at the cost of
$150 million, he said. These include the parts of the turnpike from miles 206 to 211 at $65 million, and miles 220 to 227 at a cost between $75 and $90 million. DeFebo said the rebuilding of the Carlisle and Gettysburg interchanges, as well as 26 miles from the Blue Mountain Tunnel to the Carlisle exit, are prime examples of this investment. He said there are plans for the entire stretch passing through the county to be brand new. “People in Cumberland County, they know that Carlisle is a transportation hub, and they understand the importance of the turnpike and I-81 to the economy,” he said. “It’s not just about trucking, its also for tourism. We have been building a brand new turnpike over the past 12 to 14 years, section by section at a time.” Email Andrew Carr at acarr@cumberlink.com or follow him on Twitter @SentinelCarr
Three easy DIY tips to help maintain your vehicle Brandpoint When it comes to vehicle maintenance, there are two schools of practice: the “do it for me” and the “do it yourself.” The majority fall under the first category, meaning they opt to take their vehicle in for maintenance, mostly because having the ability to lift your vehicle for an oil change or having the proper tools for a tire rotation are not common in an average garage. We all know about the basic maintenance you should be doing like getting your oil changed and checking the belts and hoses for wear. But did you know there are other aspects of your vehicle you can easily maintain and, by doing so, will extend the life of your vehicle?
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Bill Continued from G5 an effort to make the change in tax structure neutral to the customer, Lowdermilk said. The cap will increase to $ 2 .4 9 on Jan. 1, 2015, and be elimi- David n a te d i n Lowdermilk 2 0 1 7, h e said. At that point, oil companies will pay taxes based on the wholesale price of tax, with an established floor of $2.99 per gallon that sets a minimum for the tax. “That’s what makes this act sustainable,” Lowdermilk said. “We know what those revenues will generate based on that floor.” The first phase of implementing the franchise tax hasn’t taken prices much higher than they have been, but prices are 8 cents per gallon higher than they would have been, Bloom said. Bloom was — and remains — an outspoken critic of the tax. In passing the bill with the tax, the Legislature went back to the taxpayers rather than look within the government to reallocate existing funds, he said. “I saw very viable alternative ways we could have accomplished the same type of funding levels without having to go get more taxes from our consumers and our small businesses,” Bloom said. Some of those bills were presented at the House fi-
nance committee. One, Bloom said, would have reallocated the tax from vehicle-related sales to bridges and roads. “It would have provided the exact same amount of dollar funding, but it would not have required raising a single tax,” he said. “It would have been simply reallocating tax dollars we already collect, but making sure they were focused on transportation.” Another option might have been to open additional state lands to gas leasing to raise funds for bridges, Bloom said. Bloom himself introduced legislation in Septe m b e r 2 0 1 3 to fo rc e PennDOT to prioritize critical bridge repairs above all other construction projects, and reallocate existing PennDOT funds to those repairs. Those measures, Bloom said, would have been “comparable” to the money raised by the gas tax, which will hurt retailers as stores near the borders of the commonwealth will see customers cross state lines for cheaper gas or watch as truckers plan their gas purchases to avoid the state’s higher taxes. “There’s consequences to having a higher tax structure than the other states do,” Bloom said. “There’s a real painful cost to our economy from having higher taxes than the other states, and we could have avoided that.” Email Tammie Gitt at tgitt@cumberlink.com or follow her on Twitter @ SentinelGitt
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Wolfs Bridge Road, Middlesex Township, is closed at the bridge. Work on the bridge won’t start until 2016.
I-81 Continued from G7 • Oakville Road in North Newton Township, $450,000 • Center Road in Upper Frankford Township, $450,000 • Goodyear Road in Dickinson Township, $450,000 • Route 74 in Monroe Township, $600,000 • Route 34 in Middlesex Township, $550,000 • Lisburn Road in Upper Allen Township, $450,000 • Rossmoyne Road in Lower Allen Township,
$400,000 • Route 11 in East Pennsboro Township, $600,000 • Valley Road in East P e n n s b o ro Tow n s h i p , $450,000 There are bridges in the area that won’t be funded immediately, Bloom said. Among them are Wolfs Bridge Road, which was closed last September after an inspection found it to be unsafe for vehicle traffic, and the new Craighead Bridge in South Middleton Township. Construction on a new
$2 million two-lane bridge to replace the 114-year-old Craighead Bridge on Zion Road is slated to begin in 2015. Wolfs Bridge is scheduled to be replaced in 2016 at a cost of $3 million. Bloom said he wishes bridge funding would have been prioritized to get to those projects more quickly. “As people discover that
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