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HAWLEY, PA: Today, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) announced he secured $2 million in federal funding for the completion of repairs for the State Route (SR) 6 over Wallenpaupack Creek Bridge. The funding will go towards the deck rehabilitation of two structures that connect Wayne and Pike Counties over Wallenpaupack Creek.
WASHINGTON, DC: Community leaders across Northeastern Pennsylvania are applauding U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) and the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure on the passage of the committee’s surface reauthorization package, the BUILD America 250 Act.
WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr. (PA-08) voted to deliver the largest bridge investment in American history, putting real money into the roads and bridges that working families in Northeastern Pennsylvania depend on every day.
WAYNE and PIKE COUNTIES, PA — The Wallenpaupack Area School District (WASD) celebrated the receipt of $3 million in federal funding for the Wayne/Pike Career and Technical Center (CTC) on February 26. Officials pointed to the funding both as a financial boon and as a sign of belief in the program’s aims.
“The check being presented today represents resources, but more importantly it represents belief—belief in all of our students, belief in our educators, belief in our workforce and belief in the future of this very region,” said Keith Gunuskey, WASD superintendent.
EXETER — Exeter officially launched its multi-million dollar sewer and stormwater rehabilitation project Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the borough building.
The $8 million project, about 6 years in the making, will replace aging, deteriorating sewer lines that separate the storm and sanitary sewer systems, reducing the risk of sewage backups, flooding, and environmental contamination.
The project was awarded to Pioneer Construction, out of Honesdale, and will take 18 months to complete, culminating in a newly repaved Wyoming Avenue.
A new bill would finally restore basic fairness to federal transportation law by giving metro regions the money they deserve to build the transportation networks they need — rather than letting state DOTs monopolize those funds to build endless highways.
WASHINGTON, DC — On February 3, U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) voted to reopen and fund the government. The package includes critical funding for national security and defense, health and human services initiatives, housing programs, infrastructure and more, according to Bresnahan's office.