Urban Planning

The vote does not mean workers plan to immediately walk off the job but gives union leaders the authority to call a strike if contract negotiations do not progress.

The states will use the funding to remove toxic chemicals, remove lead pipes and upgrade sewer and stormwater infrastructure.

Councilmember Mark Squilla introduced a package of bills that would authorize the arena. Lawmakers will now spend weeks considering them.

If the mayor signs it into law, violators would be fined $125 in Center City and University City, and $75 in other neighborhoods.

Councilmember Squilla, who controls the fate of the bill, says the original proposal was insulting to residents who couldn’t afford the rent.

Last week, Wilmington released an inventory of lead pipes across the city. But the city has yet to determine the content of about 25% of its service lines.

The request comes as City Council prepares to consider the approvals the team needs to build the $1.55 billion facility.

The company has agreed to create a nonprofit to distribute at least $100,000 a year for community initiatives.

The Keystone Opportunity Zone extension, which still needs to be approved by the Board of Education, would stretch through 2043.

The measure gives the city the ability to sue violators on behalf of tenants.

The Philadelphia Water Department shared a public inventory of the city’s lead pipes. The material of service lines connecting hundreds of thousands of properties is unknown.

The project started in 2020 and is expected to wrap up early next year.

Philly ranks 5th for non-car commuters, with more room for improvement.

The Office of Transportation and Infrastructure Systems revealed the short- and long-term infrastructure and policies it was considering.

Members of POWER Interfaith raised a number of concerns with the deal that would keep the Sixers in the city until 2061.