Pittsburgh is building a nice nest egg for a proposed bicycle-pedestrian project in part of East Liberty, but the timing and complete cost of the work aren’t decided yet.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced $49.5 million in grants last week under the Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside program, including $1.07 million for the bicycle project. Last month, the city received a $1.5 million grant from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission for the same project.

The project involves bicycle and pedestrian improvements on Negley Avenue between Friendship Avenue and Broad Street. Jacob Williams, spokesman for Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, called it a “wonderful project” that’s in its early stages of engineering and design so the expected cost and start of construction haven’t been determined yet.

“The city is supportive of this project and will provide financial investment into the project if needed,” he said in an email response to questions.

According to descriptions in the grant awards, the project will include bike lanes with a new traffic light at Negley and Penn avenues with bump-outs to reduce the distance for pedestrians crossing the intersection; a queuing lane for bikers turning left on Coral Street; and a speed cushion between Friendship and Coral to reduce speed for motor vehicles and improve safety.

Intersections also will include highly visible crosswalks, ADA ramps and audible push buttons to help people with disabilities.

Overall, Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll announced grants for 55 projects across the state. Those projects include others to improve bicycle-pedestrian safety, provide safer access to schools and extend trails to connect communities.

“A diverse transportation network that is both accessible and safe is the cornerstone of healthy connected communities,” Carroll said in a news release. “I am excited to see the investment in communities around the state to improve access to critical services.”

There were two other grants in Allegheny County: $38,000 to Bike Pittsburgh and $301,984 to Ross.

Bike Pittsburgh plans to use its grant for a pilot program to conduct at least five distribution and education events at Pittsburgh Public or charter schools. The group will hold assemblies or make classroom visits to encourage students to bike or walk to school safely.

At each event, the group will distribute free bike lights and helmets to students. Bike Pittsburgh plans to expand the program in future years.

In Ross, the township will install a new portion of sidewalk from the Jim Shorkey Toyota dealership to McKnight Road near the Browns Lane intersection. The project also will include a partial retaining wall along the sidewalk and an improved Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus stop on Browns Lane.

View the full article at unionprogress.com.

The West Newton Bridge is among a list of projects that could be brought to life with $300 million in road, transit and bridge improvement funds that Westmoreland County is slated to receive as part of regional infrastructure work.

The metal truss bridge, built in 1909, carries about 6,500 vehicles each day on Route 136 over the Youghiogheny River, connecting two parts of the borough.

Angela Baker, transportation planning manager for PennDOT’s District 12, estimated the project at $17 million. The bridge is used by pedestrians and bicyclists on the nearby Great Allegheny Passage.

“It is a very historic structure,” she said.

It was listed in poor condition in 2022 with a deteriorating superstructure. Officials plan to build a temporary bridge next to it during the work, as a detour would be significant. The bridge most recently underwent a preservation effort in 2010, following previous rehabilitation work in 1957 and 1984. Bids for the work could be sought next year.

The project appeared among several on the horizon around Westmoreland County in a proposed 2025-28 Transportation Improvement Program being planned by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission. The agency anticipates spending $3.8 billion on highway, bridge and transit projects in 10 counties in 2025-28.

They’re projects that are important, especially in areas that have seen growth and need additional infrastructure investment to keep up, said Jason Rigone, county director of planning and development.

“This TIP focuses on major priorities in the county,” he said.

The regional commission connects agencies, such as PennDOT, with county and municipal leaders to examine what projects are important and how to best use funding. During a public meeting Monday at the county courthouse in Greensburg on the proposal, Dom D’Andrea, commission director of transportation planning, said the program looks out four years and gets updated every two years.

As projects in the plan are completed or costs change, officials have to decide how to adjust it or what improvements should come next based on the amount of federal funding the commission believes it will receive. If approved, it will go into effect Oct. 1.

It will likely be years before any of the projects mentioned Monday come to fruition. They include:

• Construction of a roundabout at the sometimes-clogged intersection of Donohoe and Georges Station roads in Hempfield. Baker estimated that project at $8 million to $10 million.
• Improvements on Route 201 in the area of Interstate 70 in Rostraver. A study will help identify potential work there, but it would span between C. Vance DeiCas Memorial Highway and Finley Road.

“It is very congested,” Baker said.

That has been a priority of Rostraver leaders for a long time, Rigone said, adding he’s happy to see it on the list so officials can find a solution.

The commission is holding public meetings regarding the draft program in each of the 10 counties it serves. It will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Kittanning Township Volunteer Fire Department in Armstrong County and 6 p.m. Thursday in a virtual event for Allegheny County.

The 2025-28 draft plan is available at spcregion.org under programs, transportation and TIP or here.

Comments on it are being accepted until June 7. They can be submitted via email at comments@spcregion.org or by mail to the attention of Ronda Craig, Southwestern PA Commission, 42 21st St., Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

View the full article at triblive.com.

The West Newton Bridge is among a list of projects that could be brought to life with $300 million in road, transit and bridge improvement funds that Westmoreland County is slated to receive as part of regional infrastructure work.

The metal truss bridge, built in 1909, carries about 6,500 vehicles each day on Route 136 over the Youghiogheny River, connecting two parts of the borough.

Angela Baker, transportation planning manager for PennDOT’s District 12, estimated the project at $17 million. The bridge is used by pedestrians and bicyclists on the nearby Great Allegheny Passage.

“It is a very historic structure,” she said.

It was listed in poor condition in 2022 with a deteriorating superstructure. Officials plan to build a temporary bridge next to it during the work, as a detour would be significant. The bridge most recently underwent a preservation effort in 2010, following previous rehabilitation work in 1957 and 1984. Bids for the work could be sought next year.

The project appeared among several on the horizon around Westmoreland County in a proposed 2025-2028 Transportation Improvement Program being planned by the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.

The agency anticipates spending $3.8 billion on highway, bridge and transit projects in 10 counties in 2025-2028.

They’re projects that are important, especially in areas that have seen growth and need additional infrastructure investment to keep up, said Jason Rigone, county director of planning and development.

“This TIP focuses on major priorities in the county,” he said.

The regional commission connects agencies, such as PennDOT, with county and municipal leaders to examine what projects are important and how to best use funding. During a public meeting Monday at the county courthouse in Greensburg on the proposal, Dom D’Andrea, commission director of transportation planning, said the program looks out four years and gets updated every two years.

As projects in the plan are completed or costs change, officials have to decide how to adjust it or what improvements should come next based on the amount of federal funding the commission believes it will receive. If approved, it will go into effect Oct. 1.

It will likely be years before any of the projects mentioned Monday come to fruition. They include:

• Construction of a roundabout at the sometimes-clogged intersection of Donohoe and Georges Station roads in Hempfield. Baker estimated that project at $8 to $10 million.
• Improvements on Route 201 in the area of Interstate 70 in Rostraver Township. A study will help identify potential work there, but it would span between C. Vance DeiCas Memorial Highway to Finley Road.

“It is very congested,” Baker said.

That has been a priority of Rostraver leaders for a long time, Rigone said, adding he’s happy to see it on the list so officials can find a solution.

The commission is holding public meetings regarding the draft program in each of the 10 counties it serves. It will meet Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Kittanning Township Volunteer Fire Department in Armstrong County and Thursday at 6 p.m. in a virtual event for Allegheny County.

The 2025-2028 draft plan is available at spcregion.org under programs, transportation and TIP or here.

Comments on it are being accepted until June 7. They can be submitted via email at comments@spcregion.org or by mail to the attention of Ronda Craig, Southwestern PA Commission, 42 21st St., Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

View the full article at monvalleyindependent.com.

This week, the nonprofit Heritage Community Initiatives celebrated a quarter-century of providing bus service for dozens of eastern Allegheny County communities — and now, its leadership is using a recently completed analysis to make the service better.

Heritage’s bus service currently consists of three main routes covering just over 81 miles, serving several municipalities in the Mon Valley, spanning from Swissvale, Liberty, Wilkins, Monroeville and many places in between. There are 81 stops, and the nonprofit has an annual budget of just over $1 million to operate the system, according to Heritage President and CEO Paula McWilliams.

Of that, 85% is funded through PennDOT, and the other 15% is funded through local sources. The county has funded that remaining gap in recent years, she said.

On Tuesday, Ms. McWilliams, with other Heritage officials and partners, announced service enhancements to the system, along with a recently formed partnership with Pittsburgh Transportation Group, a company that provides the buses and drivers to operate the system. Molly Allwein, vice president of transportation services for Heritage, said during a news conference that some of those enhancements include full service on weekdays, Wi-Fi on all buses, a new data collection system to learn more about ridership patterns, and an app for riders to track where buses are. Heritage officials have also been able to maintain a 25-cent fare for rides.

Along with all the service changes, Ms. McWilliams said that she and others are currently reviewing an analysis completed by Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission and national consultants on Heritage’s bus system.

That analysis concluded that the nonprofit could do better to improve its brand recognition and that minor route changes and times might be in order — but Ms. McWilliams stressed any discussions of potential changes are preliminary.

She and others said it’s important to consider the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on transit and how people use it to get around. According to data provided by Heritage, there were 87,255 rides provided from July 2019 through June 2020. That dropped to 42,283 rides from July 2023 through June 2024, although officials anticipate that number to rise by roughly 8% in the next 12 months, through marketing and community outreach.

That drop in ridership mirrors a drop in the nonprofit’s financial performance as reported in its IRS 990 forms. It ended fiscal year 2020 with 87,255 rides and $400,000 in the black, but ended last year with a $248,000 loss.

Ms. McWilliams said the recent analysis showed that perhaps there might not be much change in fixed routes but an increased need for microtransit, or meeting people where they are.

“Do you do on-demand only service? Do you run a circulator only within a certain area, so analyzing how that service is delivered? …We are in the midst of [looking at] that right now,” she said.

Public transit is key to economic development, she said, and where companies decide to locate can determine how service might be impacted, at least broadly, she said.

There’s also the challenge of operating a transit system in a post-COVID world. Juan Hernandez, GM of the Pittsburgh Transportation Group — the contractor providing service on Heritage’s routes — said many bus drivers across the region decided to retire during the pandemic. Finding bus drivers with good backgrounds and the proper licensing is now a challenge, he said.

Ms. McWilliams echoed that, noting along with education and nutrition — two other major sectors that Heritage operates in — transportation is a compliance-heavy industry.

“I think we were a little bit spoiled before, and we didn’t even know, didn’t even realize it, as far as having operators and bringing them in whenever we needed them,” Mr. Hernandez said.

He and others said it’s also important to continue marketing Heritage’s new rider app, in order to make riding on the system easier to use.

Ultimately, larger economic forces — how many people return to the office versus working remotely, whether employers require it, and where businesses locate — will determine what changes to service might occur, Ms. McWilliams said.

But in a system where almost 80% of riders don’t have access to a car, figuring out how to improve that service is vital, she said.

“It’s important to always keep your eye on the ball for efficient and effective service, and service delivery,” Ms. McWilliams said.

View the full article at post-gazette.com.

Our organization is designated by the U.S. Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) as the Local Development District (LDD). We are also designated by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) as the Economic Development District (EDD). Our members play a lead role in identifying priority needs of local communities to foster economic development, to target and meet the most pressing needs, and to build community cohesion and leadership. Five years ago, we combined the Long Range Transportation Plan and Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) into one plan. The 2023 Long Range Transportation Plan & Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy can be found below.

Resources

• Executive Summary
• Summary Report
• Scenario Reports

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ARC Area Development Grant Program

The Area Development Program focuses on
education and workforce training programs, highway construction, water and sewer
system construction, leadership development programs, small business start-ups
and expansions, and development of healthcare resources.

Area development projects must be completed in close consultation with SPC. The grants are very competitive and require both a pre-application and extensive full application preparation and review. Pre-applications are due each year in June, and full applications by the following January.

Resources

• Appalachian Regional Commission

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Partnerships for Regional Economic Performance (PREP) Partners

Our PREP program is designed to integrate the
delivery system historically served by the following core service providers:
Industrial Resource Centers (IRCs), Industrial Development Organizations
(IDOs), Local Development Districts (LDDs), and Small Business Development
Centers (SBDCs).

The Partnership has served over 2,000 clients in nearly 6,000 separate counseling sessions.  This resulted in over $100 million dollars in increased sales and over 4,500 jobs created or retained.

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Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

LTAP’s mission is to share transportation knowledge, improve road maintenance and safety skills, and put research and new technology into practice at the local level. This is accomplished through free training and technical assistance.

Trainings are offered either as half-day or full-day courses. Workshop topics include: Winter Maintenance, Roadside Vegetation, etc.  Customized workshops can be provided at the request of a municipality or a group of municipalities.

Resources

• Course Information

We are the federally certified Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) & Local Development District (LDD), and Economic Development District (EDD) serving the 10 county region in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Our region includes: Allegheny including the City of Pittsburgh, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland counties.

Our mission is to help direct the use of state and federal transportation and economic development funds allocated to the region—approximately $39 billion through 2050. We work closely with counties, cities, municipalities, and townships to access this funding and support them with their planning needs.

Our Commission members meet on the last Monday every other month for a total of six times per calendar year. Members serve multi-year terms and may be reappointed. The chair and vice-chair, elected by voting Commission members, serve two-year terms.

Resources

• Meeting Agendas & Minutes

  • 2026

    • February

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • February Agenda
        • February Corporate Board of Directors Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • February Agenda
        • February Full Commission Slides
        • Meeting Recording

  • 2025

    • December

      • Regional Policy Advisory Committee

        • December Agenda
        • December RPAC Slides

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • December Agenda
        • December Minutes
        • December Corporate Board of Directors Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • December Agenda
        • December Minutes
        • December Full Commission Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • October

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • October Agenda
        • October Minutes
        • October Corporate Board of Directors Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • October Agenda
        • October Minutes
        • October Full Commission Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • August

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • August Agenda
        • August Minutes
        • August Corporation Board of Directors Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • August Agenda
        • August Minutes
        • August Full Commission Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • June

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • June Agenda
        • June Minutes
        • June Corporation Board of Directors Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • June Agenda
        • June Minutes
        • June Full Commission Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • April

      • Regional Policy Advisory Committee

        • April Agenda
        • April Regional Policy Advisory Committee Slides

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • April Agenda
        • April Minutes
        • April Corporation Board of Directors Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • April Agenda
        • April Minutes
        • April Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • February

      • Full Commission

        • February Agenda
        • February Minutes
        • February Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

  • 2024

    • December

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • December Agenda
        • December Minutes
        • December Corporation Board of Directors Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • December Agenda
        • December Minutes
        • December Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • October

      • Regional Policy Advisory Committee

        • October Agenda
        • October Regional Policy Advisory Committee Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Corporation Board of Directors

        • October Agenda
        • October Minutes
        • October Corporation Board of Directors Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • October Agenda
        • October Minutes
        • October Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • August

      • Full Commission

        • August Agenda
        • August Minutes
        • August Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • June

      • Executive Committee

        • June Agenda
        • June Executive Committee Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • June Agenda
        • June Minutes
        • June Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • April

      • Executive Committee

        • April Agenda
        • April Minutes
        • April Executive Committee Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • April Agenda
        • April Minutes
        • April Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

    • February

      • Executive Committee

        • February Agenda
        • February Minutes
        • February Executive Committee Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Full Commission

        • February Agenda
        • February Minutes
        • February Full Commission Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

      • Annual Members Meeting

        • Agenda
        • Annual Members Meeting Presentation Slides
        • Meeting Recording

Archived Meeting Materials

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SPC Board Officers

Executive Committee

Allegheny County
County Executive Sara Innamorato

Armstrong County
Commissioner Pat Fabian

Beaver County
Commissioner Tony Amadio

Butler County
Commissioner Leslie Osche

City of Pittsburgh
Mayor Corey O’Connor 

Fayette County
Commissioner Vincent Vicites

Greene County
Commissioner Betsy McClure

Indiana County
Commissioner Bonni S. Dunlap

Lawrence County
Commissioner Daniel Kennedy

Washington County
Commissioner Nick Sherman

Westmoreland County
Commissioner Sean Kertes

Department of Community and Economic Development

Johnna A. Pro
Southwest Regional Director

PennDOT

Kristin Mulkerin
Deputy Secretary of Planning

Governor Josh Shapiro Appointee

Laura Ainsman Sohinki
Southwest Regional Director

All Members Listing

Allegheny County

County Executive Sara Innamorato

Jesse Di Renna
President, IUOE Local 66

Chris Sandvig
Executive Director, Mobilify

Aaron Adams
County Council, District 5

Gil Berry,
President of Gil Berry & Associates

Armstrong County

John Strate
Armstrong County Commissioner

Anthony Shea
Armstrong County Commissioner

Pat Fabian
Armstrong County Commissioner

Darin Alviano
Armstrong County Planning and Development

Michael Baker
Baker Gas, Inc.

Beaver County

Daniel C. Camp, III
Beaver County Commissioner

Jack Manning
Beaver County Commissioner

Tony Amadio
Beaver County Commissioner

Kelly Gray Shroads
Widmer Engineering

Charles Jones
Manager, City of Beaver Falls

Butler County

Leslie Osche
Butler County Commissioner

Kim Geyer
Butler County Commissioner

Kevin Boozel
Butler County Commissioner

Mark Gordon
Butler County Economic Development and Planning

Amber Davis
Leadership Butler County

City of Pittsburgh

Mayor Corey O’Connor

Councilwoman Barb Warwick
Pittsburgh City Council, District 5

Tom Joyce
Mayoral Appointee

Jacob Williamson
Mayoral Appointee

Fayette County

Scott Dunn
Fayette County Commissioner

Vince Vicites
Fayette County Commissioner

Robert Lesnick
Local Resident

Fred Junko
Local Resident

Greene County

Jared Edgreen
Greene County Commissioner

Betsy McClure
Greene County Commissioner

Blair Zimmerman
Greene County Commissioner

Jeffery A. Marshall
Chief Clerk, Greene County

Jeremy Kelly
Executive Director, Greene County Economic Development

Indiana County

Mike Keith
Indiana County Commissioner

Bonni Dunlap
Indiana County Commissioner

Sherene Hess
Indiana County Commissioner

Byron Stauffer
Executive Director, Indiana County Office of Planning & Development

Mark Hilliard
President, Indiana County Chamber of Commerce

Lawrence County

Daniel J. Vogler
Lawrence County Commissioner

Dan Kennedy
Lawrence County Commissioner

Chris Sainato
Lawrence County Commissioner

Brad Berlin
Local Resident

Amy McKinney
Executive Director, Lawrence County Planning Department

Washington County

Nick Sherman
Washington County Commissioner

Electra Janis
Washington County Commissioner

Larry Maggi
Washington County Commissioner

John Timney
Executive Director, Washington County Redevelopment Authority

Robert Griffin
Executive Director, Redevelopment Authority of Washington County

Westmoreland County

Sean Kertes
Westmoreland County Commissioner

Douglas Chew
Westmoreland County Commissioner

Ted Kopas
Westmoreland County Commissioner

Robert Regola III
Regola Consulting

Tom Ceraso
Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County

Pa Department of Transportation

Kristin Mulkerin
Executive Deputy Secretary

Brandon Leach
Transportation Planning Manager, Center for Program Development & Management

Brian Allen, District Executive
District 10

Jason Zang, District Executive
District 11

Rachel Duda, District Executive  
District 12

Governor Josh Shapiro Appointee

Laura Ainsman Sohinki
Southwest Regional Director

PA Dept. Of Community and Economic Development

Johnna A. Pro
Southwest Regional Director

Pittsburgh Regional Transit

Katharine Kelleman
CEO

Ed Typanski
Director of Grants & Capital Programs

Transit Operator

Mary Jo Morandini
General Manager, CEO at Beaver County Transit Authority

Federal Transit Administration

Theresa Garcia Crews
Regional Administrator – Region III

Federal Aviation Administration

Appointment Pending

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Laura Mohollen
Technical Support Branch Chief, Region III

Federal Highway Administration

Clint Beck
Division Administrator

U.S. Economic Development Administration

Appointment Pending

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Media Management Services RFP

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Corporation, a 501(c)(3) corporation, on behalf of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), is requesting Technical Proposals and Price Proposals (together, Proposal packages) for Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Media Management Services. The goal of the selected firm or team of firms will be the promotion of TDM, and to continue to increase the number of people choosing to share their rides to work or school in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region, and to promote all modes other than single-occupancy vehicles (SOV’s), for transportation throughout the 10-county SPC region.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) was released by SPC on March 4, 2026. Copies may be downloaded from the SPC Website (www.spcregion.org) or may be obtained by e-mail request to Kristin Baum at kbaum@spcregion.org.

Electronic submissions will be required via SPC’s SharePoint site. Full submission details are provided in the RFP document. Proposal packages are due on April 8, 2026.

RFP DOCUMENT ACCESS

SPC’s Response to Questions

The CMP is a broad, regional level planning tool designed to help manage congestion by identifying congested corridors and recommending multimodal strategies for congestion mitigation. It provides information that helps transportation planners, professionals and others to understand the overall congestion climate in individual corridors and the region.

Our CMP network includes 113 corridors covering approximately 540 miles. CMP corridors are divided into segments and nodes for the purposes of data collection and analysis.

Data on the congestion climate helps us formulate congestion management strategies. It also benefits the transportation planning process by helping the region focus federal transportation dollars where they can have the greatest impact.

CMP performance measures include Posted Speed Reliability Index, Expected Travel Time Reliability Index travel time, and speed and delay which are used to calculate additional performance measures such as Delay per Vehicle per Mile and Total Delay.

Additional Resources

• CMP Introduction
• Strategies
• Performance Measures
• CMP Glossary
• CMP Methodology
• Strategy Update Methodology

Indiana and nine other counties in the greater Pittsburgh region are seeking to figure out how to best spend federal and state funds meant for a wide range of transit and transportation projects.

The newest Transportation Improvement Plan for the region (from Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2024) will include more money for interstate projects and less for local projects.

“It is disappointing that the funding that we all need to advance our projects isn’t there,” said Byron Stauffer Jr., executive director of the Indiana County Office of Planning and Development, during a 48-minute virtual public meeting of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.

What SPC Director of Transportation Planning Andy Waple called “SmartMoves for a Changing Region” is part of what overall is a $22.7 billion plan for the next 25 years, including $5.6 billion over the next four federal fiscal years, which begin in October and end in September.

Read the full article at indianagazette.com

Uniontown, PA – William L. Kovach, P.E., has been appointed the District Executive for
District 12, which covers Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland
counties.

William (Bill) Kovach’s career began with the Department of Transportation in 1986 as a Civil Engineer 2 in District 12-0. He was promoted to Senior Civil Engineer in 1988. Bill became the acting Structure Control Engineer in 1997 and an Assistant Construction Engineer in 1998. In 2005, he became the Construction Support Services Engineer and then the Maintenance Support Services Engineer the same year. In addition to his years at PennDOT, Bill worked in private industry giving him over 38 years of experience in transportation.

Bill became the
Assistant District Executive (ADE) for Construction for District 12-0 in 2007,
which is the most recent role held, and served a brief period as the ADE for
Design in 2010.

Bill earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering at West Virginia University and is a
member of American Society of Highway Engineers, Southwest Pa. Chapter. Bill is
a Registered Professional Engineer and an ISO 9001 Internal Examiner.

Bill has been a resident of District 12
nearly his entire life residing in Greensboro, Greene County with his wife
Susan. Bill and Susan have four sons who all live nearby.

When not working, Bill enjoys helping his
sons with remodeling projects on their homes, going to dinner with family and
friends, and outdoor activities such as hunting the woods of Greene County. He
also enjoys golfing, which he admits he does not seem to find enough time for.

PennDOT welcomes Bill’s experience and
expertise that has well prepared him to provide leadership to the Department of
Transportation.