PennDOT Road Tour Taking Place In Lower Bucks

LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA —It's time for the annual road tour.

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10) will host representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for a road tour around the 10th Senate District on Thursday.

The road tour will include several stops with the senator, state representatives, local officials, and PennDOT representatives discussing high-priority repairs and improvements.

The touring locations include:

• 10 a.m.: New Falls Road and Hood Boulevard in Falls Township
  • Park at Representative Prokopiak’s Office, 8610 New Falls Road, Levittown
• 10:40 a.m.: South Pennsylvania Avenue in Morrisville Borough
  • Park on E. Cleveland Avenue at S. Pennsylvania Avenue
• 12:50 p.m.: River Road in Upper Makefield Township
  • Park at Francisco’s on the River, 1251 River Road, Washington Crossing
• 1:30 p.m.: Route 202 Roundabout in Buckingham Township
  • Park at LBK Design Build, 4814 York Road, Doylestown
• 2:30 p.m.: Doylestown Borough and Township Discussion
  • Park at Central Bucks West High School Parking Lot, corner of State Street & Lafayette Street, entrance on MacFarlane Lane

At the final stop, Santarsiero will recap the entire road tour and share key takeaways.

With visits to Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, Mike Carroll today became the first PennDOT secretary to visit team members in all 67 counties, demonstrating the Shapiro Administration's dedication to delivering in all corners of Pennsylvania.

“PennDOT has a huge responsibility: to keep the 13 million people of Pennsylvania moving safely and efficiently on our vast transportation network. Under Gov. Shapiro’s leadership, our dedicated team has been working hard for Pennsylvanians,” Carroll said. “It has been fantastic meeting many of PennDOT’s professionals across Pennsylvania on job sites, in driver’s license centers, and in our offices and garages.”

Carroll highlighted that the 2024-25 bipartisan budget signed by Shapiro last month allocates $80.5 million in new funding to repair roads and bridges and continues to sustainably fund the Pennsylvania State Police by reducing their reliance on the Motor License Fund.

This delivers an additional $125 million for road and bridge projects annually over the next four years.

Through July, 164 construction contracts for highway, bridge, and other improvement projects were completed statewide through PennDOT's private-sector partners. Nearly 250 state and locally-owned bridges were put out for bid to be repaired, replaced, or preserved by PennDOT or industry forces. Additionally, 2,256 miles of roadway were improved by department or partner crews during this time. This includes 773 miles of paving.