Infrastructure

A bill requiring Philadelphia landlords to certify all rental units as lead-free could pass into law by the end of June.

The plan is intended to fund a range of infrastructure improvements, from roads to flood prevention.

Scientists are racing to figure out how it much could contribute to sea level rise and impact cites and coastlines thousands of miles away, including the Philly region.

There's hope that a troubled bridge connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City could reopen this summer. 

Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the Pa. area's tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel's power and profitability.

Since January, Governor Tom Wolf has been traveling around the state shopping his new infrastructure plan to municipal and county officials.

Water authorities in Warminster and Horsham have found ways to provide untainted supplies to their customers, but doing so has cost millions of dollars.

The Army Corps says it has received 112 comments on the study, with the majority addressing the environmental impact of structural features, namely storm surge barriers.

Wolf hopes to use a severance tax on natural gas drilling to fund broadband internet access, emergency infrastructure, and blight removal, among other things.

New Jersey is hopeful that the White House’s $2 trillion infrastructure spending spree will help fix its transportation problems.

President Xi Jinping called for more countries to join China's sprawling infrastructure-building initiative.

From 2011 to 2017, $4.2 billion that could have gone toward repairing hundreds of structurally deficient bridges around the state has gone to fund State Police operations.

Philly Water Bar will open every Thursday this summer, from noon to 1 p.m., in the courtyard at City Hall.

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is banking on Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's "Restore Pennsylvania" infrastructure plan to fix its aging parks.

The moves show a growing willingness in conservative places to take on the fearsome politics of higher taxes, at least for infrastructure.