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What’s Happening at SPC
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Editorial: Expediting the Charles Anderson Bridge project: An infrastructure win for the Gainey administration
Mar 28, 2023The fate of the Charles Anderson Bridge in Oakland was shaping up to be another embarrassment for the struggling Gainey administration — but Mr. Gainey’s apparent deal with state and federal agencies to accelerate a full rehabilitation of the span,
McKeesport gets bridge repair funds
Mar 22, 2023McKeesport was recently approved to receive $500,000 in preliminary engineering funds for repairs to the Versailles Avenue bridge. The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission awarded the funds through its Transportation Improvement Program. The initiative will utilize over $5.6 billion in state, federal and
WESA: Pittsburgh’s Charles Anderson Bridge to remain closed … but repairs are in the fast lane
Mar 22, 2023Built in 1939, the Charles Anderson Bridge has been slated for an overhaul for years. The city’s 2016 capital budget allocated $750,000 for preliminary engineering work. In the years that followed, projected allocations and timelines for the project changed repeatedly. Money for