Fattah Says Philadelphia Bridge Repair Is the Latest Win-Win for Jobs, Infrastructure with Federal Dollars

PHILADELPHIA, June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA), a senior appropriator on the House Appropriations Committee, issues the following statement concerning planned improvements to the Walnut Lane Bridge in Northwest Philadelphia and other recent federally funded projects:

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"Philadelphians continue to benefit every day from the flow of federal dollars to improve our infrastructure and create jobs. The latest example is $6.3 million in federal highway funds to renovate the historic Walnut Lane Bridge, which earns its keep but shows its age every day as a vital link between Roxborough and Mount Airy-Germantown.

"In recent months the win-win impact of the Obama Administration's economic recovery policies that I have supported has been evident across the City of Philadelphia and the Second Congressional District. An 80 percent federal match has made the South Street Bridge safe and attractive. Federal funds channeled through SEPTA paid for the new Cheltenham-Ogontz bus terminal and I joined the groundbreaking on a similar project off Parkside Avenue. I was pleased to help launch long-overdue improvements on SEPTA regional rail lines at Wayne Junction in North Philadelphia and Allens Lane in Mount Airy.

"Approval last week by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission moves PennDOT's $7.1 million Walnut Lane Bridge renovation, about 90 percent federally funded, to the front burner. We can look forward to creation of jobs followed by daily benefits to 17,000 motorists on the roadway and recreation users beneath the arches. There's plenty of history in this bridge and throughout our city, but smart federal spending to modernize our infrastructure is a story that never gets old."

SOURCE Office of Congressman Chaka Fattah

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