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Mobility and Infrastructure lists resurfacing, sidewalk, bridge and streetlight projects completed in 2024
Summary
The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure reported resurfacing 29 miles of roadway, completing sidewalk and steps projects, advancing landslide and bridge work, and finishing design for a roughly 40,000‑streetlight conversion.
Kim Lucas, director of the City of Pittsburgh Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, told the Capital Program Facilitation Committee that the department’s 2024 capital work focused on resurfacing, pedestrian infrastructure, landslide mitigation and traffic‑signal upgrades.
Lucas said the department’s “number 1 goal is that nobody gets hurt or killed on our roadways,” and staff summarized quantitative 2024 outputs and ongoing projects.
The department reported that in 2024 its project design and delivery bureau resurfaced 29 miles of roadway, repaired 12 concrete/brick/block stone streets, completed 13 sidewalk projects totaling over two miles, and finished six steps projects with more in the queue. The department also cited 61 bridge improvements, eight wall and landslide projects and emergency landslide stabilization work, including an Andover Terrace interim stabilization. Lucas described the department’s emergency‑response role for landslides in addition to regular capital work.
Traffic safety programs included 12 neighborhood traffic‑calming projects, six pedestrian safety countermeasure projects (including South Braddock and Nagley avenues), and four larger “corridor” safety projects such as the Penn Circle two‑way conversion and Lawrenceville safety suite. The department said it secured more than $3 million in Green Light Go and additional grants to support traffic signal replacements and Smart PGH signal upgrades across nine corridors; Lucas reported three signal replacements completed as part of Central Business District work and multiple replacements tied to bus rapid transit and other corridor projects.
Lucas also said the design for converting roughly 40,000 streetlights to the new standard is complete and that the city has an RFP out for the construction phase. She noted ongoing collaborations on projects the city does not own, such as bus rapid transit phase 1, and local programs such as Safe Routes to School and the reconstituted Complete Streets advisory group to inform capital investments.
Lucas closed by listing construction projects underway or expected to open this year, including the Davis Avenue pedestrian bridge (delayed by manufacturing), Charles Anderson Memorial Bridge work, and step and streets reconstruction projects.
