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Infrastructure

File photo: The former PES refinery site in South Philadelphia on June 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Cancer-causing benzene will not be monitored at former PES refinery site in 2023

“One way of showing … that you care about the community is to keep monitoring to see if we're safe,” a nearby resident said.

3 years ago

Water pouring from a kitchen sink
Community

Inflation and infrastructure costs are driving up water bills in the Delaware Valley

Water rates will increase in 2023 for hundreds of thousands of residents in our region — from Wilmington, Del., to the Pennsylvania suburbs.

3 years ago

Members of the development team break ground for the mixed-use Riverview at Festival Pier. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

Philly’s Festival Pier to be transformed into massive mixed-use development

The site of the city’s trash incinerator in the 70s and 80s and a concert venue in the 2000s will soon be home to apartment units and retail spaces.

3 years ago

FILE - Debris is seen where the boardwalk used to stand in Belmar N.J., Nov. 15, 2012, two weeks after Superstorm Sandy pummeled the New Jersey shore. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking questions from the public on a massive $52 billion storm protection project it has proposed to prevent the type of catastrophic damage caused by Sandy during future storms. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Weather

Many questions on $52B storm protection plan in N.Y., N.J.

People are asking questions about a storm protection proposal for New York and New Jersey that would be among the most massive and costly flood control projects ever done.

3 years ago

A man walks across a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway as a tow truck worker tries to free a swamped car, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly’s flood-prone Eastwick neighborhood will finally get custom emergency alerts

In a place where flooding has required residents to be rescued by boat, the city wants a contractor to develop a better system of emergency alerts.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Hazardous waste storage areas at former refinery site could close within a year

In another sign of transformation at the 1,000-acre site, the last hazardous waste storage areas are expected to formally close within a year.

3 years ago

Bob Wright ASCE gives infrastructure report card. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania infrastructure barely gets passing grade in new review

The report cites wear and tear plus weather issues as partially responsible for the state’s crumbling infrastructure.

3 years ago

A silhouette of someone standing on a sidewalk is clear as traffic in the background going by is blurred.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

With PennDOT studying transit options for Roosevelt Boulevard, a subway is back on the table

PennDOT has committed to studying transit options on Roosevelt Blvd. This means that Philly is one step closer to a new subway line, writes doctoral student Jay Arzu.

3 years ago

Andy Andino is one of the graduate's of PECO's program. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

PECO offers a diverse group an opportunity to land a high-paying job

The goal is to diversify the ranks of the utility by giving an opportunity to people to learn skills and get involved with the different positions the utility has to offer.

3 years ago

Denise Bright Dove Ashton-Dunkley (center) pours water on the ground where Calder Gardens will be constructed during a ritual drawn from Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tradition. Joining her are Urie Ridgeway (left), philanthropist Joseph Neubauer (right) whose efforts brought the Calder museum to fruition, and Alexander S. C. Rower, grandson of the sculptor Alexander Calder. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Calder museum breaks ground on the Parkway

A $70 million “sanctuary” dedicated to Alexander Calder and his suspended mobile sculptures is expected to open in 2024.

3 years ago

(Author Imani Perry / Ecco)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Bonus Interview: Imani Perry Travels ‘South to America’

In her book, Imani Perry journeys south, below the Mason-Dixon, to explain the painful history of what she calls "the soul of a nation."

Air Date: November 5, 2022 8:00 am

Listen 49:14
A train on tracks as seen from above.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The Frankford El celebrates its centennial: 100 years of connecting neighborhoods to Center City

Residents have simultaneously appreciated and disdained the Frankford El since it debuted in Philadelphia 100 years ago.

3 years ago

Listen 5:14
(Alex Davis Illustration)
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

Why SEPTA’s most controversial project is moving ahead

Critics of KOP Rail are unhappy with the direction of the $2 billion extension, but the transit authority is committed to funding the plan.

3 years ago

Highway signs on Interstate 95, Route 202 and Interstate 495 splits in Wilmington, Del. (Khairil A Junos/ BigStock)
Urban Planning

I-95 to close in Wilmington this weekend

Drivers on I-95 through Wilmington will face another weekend-long closure, this time affecting Northbound traffic.

3 years ago

A closeup of Pete Buttigieg
Politics & Policy

At Philly forum, Buttigieg hears calls to diversify federal contracting

With $1 trillion at stake, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration is looking to diversify infrastructure spending.

3 years ago

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