Infrastructure Warnings

Auditor general Jack Wagner called for increased investment in Pennsylvania’s crumbling roads and bridges, echoing suggestions made by Gov. Tom Corbett’s advisory commission over the summer.

Wagner noted that two recent independent surveys rated Pennsylvania’s bridges as the worst in the nation and its roads as the eighth worst.

According to the commission, Pennsylvania has 5,205 bridges rated structurally deficient, and 8,452 miles of highway rated poor.

Wagner said that the longer Pennsylvania delays in making infrastructure investment, the more it will cost taxpayers.

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