HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is moving ahead with accelerated repaving contracts after applying more than 109,000 tons of patching material and improving more than 1,000 miles of roads through July to deal with the widespread outbreak of potholes following the long destructive winter season.
Under the Resurface PA initiative, PennDOT has mounted an aggressive campaign to accelerate repaving interstates and attacking potholes across the state’s 40,000 miles of PennDOT-maintained roads, the nation’s fifth largest such system. The program calls for an additional $7 million being invested in seven interstate maintenance projects covering potholes and other repairs on 78 miles of roads this year.
Other state routes where repairs have been made this year:
Cameron County – Routes 46, 120, and 872. Also, two secondary routes.
Elk County – Routes 120, 153, 219, 255, 321, 555, 948, and 949. Also, 17 secondary routes.
McKean County – Routes 6, 46, 59, 66, 146, 219, 246, 321, 346, 446, 646 and 770. Also, 18 secondary routes.
Potter County – Routes 6, 44, 49, 244, 449, and 872. Also, 12 secondary routes.
Through the end of July, PennDOT used 109,007 tons of patching material, compared to 101,326 tons during the same period in 2017. Department forces improved more than 1,800 miles of roads between January and the beginning of August, including pothole and other work. Also, the number of pothole concerns reported to PennDOT this year climbed to 15,154 through the end of July compared to 7,261 in 2017 and 4,135 in 2016. The investment in pothole repairs totaled $41 million through July and an additional $31 million in repairs is planned through October.
