Municipalities to Receive Nearly $445.3 Million in Liquid Fuels Payments, 16 Percent Increase from Previous Year

Municipalities to Receive Nearly $445.3 Million in Liquid Fuels Payments,
16 Percent Increase from Previous Year

2/29/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Pennsylvania's transportation plan, Act 89, will allow the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to distribute nearly $445.3 million
in
liquid fuels payments to certified municipalities on March 1 to help them
maintain their roads and bridges.
This distribution marks a $64 million, or 16 percent, increase over the
$381
million distributed in 2015. In 2013, before Act 89 was enacted,
municipalities
received $320.8 million in liquid fuels payments.

"While Pennsylvania has the fifth-largest state-maintained road system in
the
country, we also have a vast network of locally maintained roads," PennDOT
Secretary Leslie S. Richards said. "These funds are essential to
communities
across the state as they preserve and improve these vital connections to
the
state highway and bridge network."

Liquid fuels allocations are annual payments to municipalities to help pay
for
highway and bridge-related expenses such as snow removal and road repaving.

There are 120,039 miles of public roads in Pennsylvania, with 72,759 of
those
miles owned by municipalities and eligible for liquid fuels. The formula
for
payments is based on a municipality's population and miles of locally-owned

roads.

To be counted as eligible for liquid fuels, a roadway must be formally
adopted
as a public street by the municipality, meet certain dimension requirements
and
be able to safely accommodate vehicles driving at least 15 mph.

For the complete list of local payments, visit the "Municipal Liquid Fuels
Program" page at www.penndot.gov under the "Doing Business" Local
Government
page.

MEDIA CONTACT: Rich Kirkpatrick or Erin Waters-Trasatt, 717-783-8800


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