Pennsylvania Directs $958.5 Million to Roads and Bridges in $50.8 Billion Budget

1 articles · Updated · MyChesCo · Jul 24

$958.5 million in Pennsylvania’s 2026-27 budget is earmarked for road, highway and bridge work, including $775 million for shovel-ready projects across all 67 counties over the next two fiscal years.
Another $183.5 million goes to highways and bridges in the current fiscal year, with the money coming from the Motor License Fund to speed construction without broad-based tax increases.
The transportation package sits inside a $50.8 billion general fund budget, up about 3.7%, that also preserves scheduled cuts to the Corporate Net Income Tax and keeps more than $7 billion in the Rainy Day Fund.
Lawmakers closed the budget gap with roughly $1.5 billion in unspent appropriations and lapsed agency balances, while also adding education funding and pension cost-of-living increases of 15% to 24.5% for eligible retirees.