Pennsylvania DOT has hired two sets of technical consultants and will be seeking more soon to help it screen deficient bridges across the state that need reconstruction. Once a bid list is prepared in late summer or fall, PennDOT expects to issue an RFQ for an availability-pay PPP bundling up to 1,000 state, county and local bridges under a single contract for replacement over three to five years.

PennDOT is moving quickly to make good on a promise by the governor to address Pennsylvania’s embarrassing position of having more deficient bridges than any other state.