Pennsylvania's governor and legislative leaders have agreed on a temporary budget strategy that will allow the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation to continue with hundreds of road and bridge projects through February. While the move also eliminates the need to borrow up to $600 million to keep the agency afloat, new projects are on hold until a longer-term strategy is worked out.

Penndot的一位女发言人在一份声明中说：“作为一项定格措施，州长已指示Penndot预测未决和预期的报销，以涵盖短期内的当前建筑和设计费用。”“这不是一个长期的解决方案，因为那些报销最终需要匹配的国家收入来维持，但是所有当前的来源都专门用于其他即将到来的支出，这些支出必须作为真实解决方案的一部分进行调和。”

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州运输部长Yassmin Gramian于11月23日告诉州立法者，尽管自大流行的早期阶段以来，燃料税收据就已经有所反弹，而该州的高速公路交通量暴跌，但Penndot仍然面临至少5亿美元的差距。

A three-week suspension of all but emergency highway and bridge work, part of a March shutdown of non-essential government offices, increased costs by approximately 2%, Gramian said.

一些议员批评PennDOT 11th-hour appeal for help, but Gramian said the agency had reallocated existing funds throughout the year. The reallocations were made to cover costs in anticipation of receiving some form of federal assistance to mitigate the pandemic’s sustained effects on the agency's strained budget. Waning prospects for any stimulus funding from Congress in the near future have left few options for managing the cash flow crunch, Gramian said, other than suspending design and construction work until next July, when a new fiscal year begins, and laying off several thousand employees.

格拉米亚人还估计，借贷资金保持项目的利息成本将低于延误的合同规定的罚款。新利18备用网址新利18备用官网登录

与其他运输机构一样，Penndot受到挑战，即平衡其减少燃油税收入与运输基础设施需求，在过去五年中，其维护预算减少了3亿美元。该机构在今年夏天宣布，由于大流行有关的收入预测，未来两年将从公路和桥梁的工作中进行另外6亿美元。

11月初，Penndotannounced a program这将利用公私合作伙伴关系来设计，建造和维护全州20至30年的特许权协议的选定桥梁。完成的结构上的电子收费将为改进付费，任何超额收入都适用于周围地区的其他道路和桥梁项目。新利18备用网址

This story was updated with new information on Dec. 2.