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A Port Authority bus that was on a bridge when it collapsed Friday Jan. 28, 2002, is visible in Pittsburgh’s East End. When the bridge collapsed, rescuers rappeled nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from the dangling bus. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Politics & Policy

Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse

The collapse early Friday came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to press for his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.

4 years ago

Water main break in Kensington on Jan. 18, 2022. (6abc)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Busted water mains flood Philly streets as city fails to hit pipe replacement goals

Philadelphia Water Department officials defended a 2018 rate increase by saying it would help the city meet water main replacement goals.

4 years ago

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Riverfront at the MLK Bridge to announce federal dollars to fix bridges in Pennsylvania on January 14, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Buttigieg touts $1.6 billion for Pa. bridges as part of Biden infrastructure bill

The new Bridge Formula Program will distribute $26.5 billion nationwide over the next five years, helping pay for replacements and repairs of up to 15,000 bridges.

4 years ago

A Philadelphia firefighter works at the scene of a deadly rowhouse fire
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

What to know about fire safety rules for your Philadelphia home or apartment

Whether you live in an apartment building, rowhouse apartment, or single-family home, here’s what you should expect when it comes to fire safety.

4 years ago

More than $100,000 will be used to engage people in clean water stewardship through freshwater mussel education, and to fund its 2022 Pennsylvania Coast Day event. (courtesy of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary)
Community

Projects to improve the ecosystem along the Delaware and river access in Chester receive $575K from DEP

The grant funds will help pay for 12 education, design, and engineering efforts to protect and restore the 3-county Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone.

4 years ago

Damaged home in Mullica Hill New Jersey after tornado.
Weather

Months after the tornadoes hit, Ida’s South Jersey victims enter a new phase of recovery

With many damaged buildings and homes now demolished, victims of the tornadoes are in limbo as they wait for aid, insurance payouts.

4 years ago

Chellie Cameron speaks at the Philadelphia International Airport
Community

Cargo expansion at PHL gets major federal funding

New federal funding will result in $30 million going towards a more than billion-dollar expansion project at Philadelphia International Airport’s cargo operation.

4 years ago

A person fills up a jug of water from a faucet.
Health

New Pennsylvania funding will connect more homes with PFAS-tainted wells to public water

More than $15.8 million in PFAS remediation grants were awarded to local municipalities and water authorities in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

4 years ago

A lead pipe , left, is seen in a hole the kitchen ceiling in the home of  Desmond Odom, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in Newark, N.J. AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Lead pipes have contaminated water for decades. Biden’s new plan will replace them

4 years ago

The exterior of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, surrounded by fall foliage
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers advance plan to boost broadband internet expansion

The bill, which was sent to the Senate, would set up the independent Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority.

4 years ago

File photo: Lydia Winters shows off Microsoft's
Community

‘The internet’s on fire’ as techs race to fix software flaw

Computer security experts around the world are racing to patch one of the worst software vulnerabilities discovered in years.

4 years ago

A sign reads Philadelphia Gas works
Urban Planning

Report explores a decarbonized future for PGW, cites its current structure and business model as challenges

The PGW Business Diversification Study aims to tackle the question: How can the city meet its climate goals while owning a fossil fuel company?

4 years ago

Aerial view of I-95, including the river beneath it and trees on the sides of the highway.
Urban Planning

Big shift coming for I-95 construction work in Wilmington

Reconstruction of northbound I-95 through Wilmington is nearly complete. Workers will shift their focus to southbound lanes this weekend.

4 years ago

Plantains are moved back in to shipping containers after being inspected at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Centralized Inspection Station in South Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Community

At a key Pa. port complex, long-term problems and short-term staffing issues are colliding

The Port is on track to process 740,000 containers by year's end — up 15 percent from last year.

4 years ago

From left, Revs. Jeanette Davis, Robert Collier Sr. and Greg Holston show ceiling damage in the Waterview Recreation Center's Gym in Northwest Philadelphia. (Abdul R. Sulayman/ The Philadelphia Tribune).
Community

Black clergy group promises to put pressure on for recreation center redevelopment

The Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity is not happy with the state of disrepair throughout the city's parks and recreational centers.

4 years ago

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