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Lawmakers, PennDOT discuss staffing shortages, winter costs and maintenance strain on county crews
Summary
Members told PennDOT the department faces uneven staffing and CDL shortages that affect maintenance response and summer projects; Carroll said winter spending is already exceeding budgets and that prior fleet investments were made using recently decoupled funds.
Lawmakers from suburban and rural districts told the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 20 that PennDOT district maintenance offices are understaffed and struggling to recruit and retain CDL drivers and heavy‑equipment operators.
Representatives from the collar counties described high vacancy rates in maintenance ranks — in some districts staffing is about 70% of target — and said local governments can…
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