Volume 96, Number 13 December 2013 www.asce-pgh.org Pennsylvania Again Takes National Leadership Role for Transportation The Pennsylvania General Assembly has passed some long-overdue funding for Transportation in Pennsylvania. After years of effort, on November 25, 2013, the leadership of Governor Tom Corbett finally secured passage and signed Pennsylvania’s most comprehensive piece of state transportation legislation in decades. Bipartisan members of the business community rallied with Governor Tom Corbett to pass the legislation critical to sustaining the Pennsylvania economy, supporting employers to be competitive in the global economy. The responsible action of these courageous lawmakers is applauded. If your elected official is among those below, take this opportunity to contact them and congratulate them on their leadership. By PA House District: 4 Curtis Sonney (R) 38 Bill Kortz (D) 5 Greg Lucas (R) 40 John Maher (R) 14 Jim Marshall (R) 44 Mark Mustio (R) 19 Jake Wheatley (D) 45 Nick Kotik (D) 22 Erin Molchany (D) 60 Jeffrey Pyle (R) 23 Dan Frankel (D) 62 David Reed (R) 24 Edward Gainey (D) 63 Donna Oberlander This is what the 25 Joseph Markosek (D) 64 R. Lee James (R) act provides. We are here in 2014. 28 Mike Turzai (R) 66 Sam Smith (R) 30 Hal English (R) 80 Gerry Stern (R) 35 Marc Gergely (D) 81 Mike Fleck (R) By PA Senate District: 25 Joseph Scarnati (R) 42 Wayne Fontana (D) 35 John Wozniak (D) 45 James Brewster (D) 37 Matt Smith (D) 46 Tim Solobay (D) 38 Jim Ferlo (D) 47 Elder Vogel (R) 40 Randy Vulakovich (R) 49 Sean Wiley (D) 41 Donald C. White (R) 50 Robbins (R) Recall the graph at the left from the 2011 report from the Governor Tom Corbett’s TFAC blue-ribbon panel. The graph shows the funding Pennsylvania needs to increase from $3.5 Billion to $7.2 Billion by 2020. The funding gap has now grown to $4.6 Billion. Passage of the funding is projected to generate about only $351 million more in 2014, but it will increase gradually up to $2.3 Billion over 5 years. More funding is still needed, but this act is a long-overdue start. 2012-2013 OFFICERS Director 12-15 Architectural Engineering Institute 2012-2013 COMMITTEES 0XQLFLSDO&RQVXOWLQJ John Havel, PE Jonathan McHugh, PE, Chair :DWHU :DVWHZDWHU Awards President AECOM Gannett Fleming, Inc. Est. 1985 Karl Sieg, PE 6LWH'HVLJQ/D\RXW Ralph W. Gilbert, Jr., PE, F. ASCE Gulf Tower, 707 Grant Street Foster Plaza III, Suite 200 Sieg & Associates, Inc. /HQQRQ6PLWK6RXOHUHW 5RDGZD\ 3DYHPHQW Jacobs Engineering Group 5th Floor 601 Holiday Drive P.O. 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