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The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is crafting new surface transportation authorization legislation to replace the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for users (SAFETEA-LU – Public Law 109-59), which expires on September 30, 2009.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and local metropolitan planning organizations (MPO’s) are responsible for the vast majority of transportation investment decisions. In conjunction with the work of these agencies, Members of Congress have been given the opportunity to submit requests under this legislation for worthwhile transportation projects in their districts.
In compiling this list http://www.house.gov/platts/pdfs/fy2010-transportation.pdf, the office of Congressman Todd Platts consulted with the MPO’s, the planning departments and the elected state officials and county commissioners in each county within the 19th Congressional District to achieve consensus on the most critical transportation needs facing these communities.
Based on this consensus of state and local officials, the following are transportation projects which will be forwarded to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for consideration. The appearance of the projects on this list http://www.house.gov/platts/pdfs/fy2010-transportation.pdf does not guarantee that they will receive funding, nor that any funding they receive will be in the amount requested.
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