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BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania Exactly two years ago, U.S. Steel Corporation announced that the company would turn its Mon Valley operations into a key source of lightweight steel for the automotive industry.
At the time, local leaders and company officials called the investment “transformational.” Statue of Joe Magarac, a folktale steelworker who could bend steel with his bare hands, in front of the 148-year-old Edgar Thomson Works. (Shannon Venditti / Washington Examiner)
It involved a whopping $1.5 billion upgrade to its Mon Valley Works. This included an upgrade of the Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, the Irvin Plant in West Mifflin, and Clairton Coke Works, with technology and improvements that would have provided cleaner air for all three communities where the plants are located, as well as good-paying jobs that would have provided prosperity for the region for decades.
Western Pa. state senator pushes PennDOT on plans for tolling bridges Share Updated: 12:00 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021
Western Pa. state senator pushes PennDOT on plans for tolling bridges Share Updated: 12:00 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021
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Show Transcript 11:00, REPUBLICAN SENATOR DEVLIN ROBINSON, WHO REPRESENTS THE 37TH DISTRICT, PUSHED PENNDOT TODAY FOR ANSWERS ON PLANS TO TOLL NINE BRIDGES INCLUDING THE I-79 BRIDGE NEAR BRIDGEVILLE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4 IS TOLD PENNDOT SECRETARY YASSMIN GRAMIAN COULD NOT PROVIDE A TIMELINE FOR HOW LONG THE TOLLS WOULD REMAIN ON THE BRIDGES. AND THAT SHE DID COMMIT TO ROBINSON THAT THE TOLLS WOULD NOT BE PERMANENT ROBINSON ALSO IS A PRIME SPONSOR OF A BILL TO PUT THE BRAKES ON THE TOLLING PL
PennDOTâs I-79 Widening, Bridges and Bridgeville Interchange
Reconfiguration
The possibility of a toll in the vicinity of Interstate 79âs Bridgeville interchange continues to draw disapproval.
Upper St. Clair has become the latest nearby municipality to express formal opposition. Township commissioners voted unanimously Monday to pass a resolution to that effect, joining Bridgeville Borough, Collier Township and South Fayette, where the interchange is located.
In addition, the South West Communities Chamber of Commerce has launched a petition that garnered almost 2,000 signatures in its first week, according to executive director Mandi Pryor. The opportunity to sign goes throughout April, before the petition is delivered to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation by the office of state Sen. Devlin Robinson, R-Bridgeville.
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