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APC’s Jason Wagner: governor’s budget favors transit but leaves highways and local roads short
Summary
Jason Wagner, director of government affairs for Pennsylvania Associated Constructors, told Behind the Headlines the governor’s budget includes transit support but lacks clear funding for highways and bridges; he urged a multimodal funding approach and described options to free highway dollars.
Jason Wagner, director of government affairs for Pennsylvania Associated Constructors (APC), said the governor’s recent budget materials included measures for public transit but offered little for highway and bridge projects, leaving state transportation leaders "back to the drawing board" on how to fund those needs.
Wagner told hosts Charlie Greenewalt and Mara Ganley that transportation should be treated as multimodal — roads, bridges and public transit — and that past successful funding packages were bipartisan. He said Act 89, a prior landmark transportation funding law, is part of the context for current needs and that most…
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