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As cars whizzed past him leading onto the 86-year-old Tilghman Street Bridge, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey said Monday he sees a growing "urgency" that could help spur Congress to approve a longer-term plan to pay for road and bridge repairs. Approving a long-term highway bill would be a sharp reversal from recent years, when federal lawmakers passed a lengthy series of short-term extensions. The most recent, approved in late May, keeps money flowing through July 31. Those extensions have repeatedly left state and local planners in a lurch as they attempt to schedule repairs for a growing list of rapidly aging structures. But Casey offered an optimistic assessment, saying there's an increasing push from the private and public sectors to provide a better funding solution before the congressional recess in August. Click here to read the article.
As cars whizzed past him leading onto the 86-year-old Tilghman Street Bridge, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey said Monday he sees a growing "urgency" that could help spur Congress to approve a longer-term plan to pay for road and bridge repairs.
Approving a long-term highway bill would be a sharp reversal from recent years, when federal lawmakers passed a lengthy series of short-term extensions. The most recent, approved in late May, keeps money flowing through July 31.
Those extensions have repeatedly left state and local planners in a lurch as they attempt to schedule repairs for a growing list of rapidly aging structures.
But Casey offered an optimistic assessment, saying there's an increasing push from the private and public sectors to provide a better funding solution before the congressional recess in August.
Click here to read the article.