The state and its local messenger, Pat Browne, have been good to J.B. Reilly's NIZ, but for the rest of us, not so much. Browne and the state announced that interstate 78 will be upgraded, but the Rt. 22 widening is now effectively cancelled. Every day from 4:00PM until after 6:30, Rt. 22 turns into a parking lot. Also put on hold are improvements to the Tilghman Street Rt. 309 entrances. Unless you're an owl, it is impossible to safely enter the highway.
In a recent post I took the state to task for the numerous commissions that siphon funds away from actual improvements to our roads. Last year I took the turnpike to task for removing the toll both from the Pocono exit, charging the entire turnpike full length toll from unsuspecting traveling victims.
While we have one of the largest full time state houses in the country, every few years the elected fakers promise reforms, and then laugh about it behind our backs. I remember when the lottery would reduce your property taxes. I remember when gambling would abate your school property taxes.
I don't know who your state representative is, but if you think that you're being well represented, you're not very well informed.
Mike, One of my brother in laws is a contractor who does a lot of highway work and bridge construction. The cut back in highway spending was a big topic during the past holiday spent in Pittsburgh, what little is being spent is, as he says, "all out east". Apparently Wolfe is the main culprit in all this.
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