Local Government

PennDOT provides free support to municipalities on transportation planning topics.

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If you represent a local Pennsylvania government and want to take over a state-owned road, you can ask to do this through the Highway Transfer Turnback Program.

The Municipal and County Liquid Fuels Programs support maintenance and construction efforts on locally owned roads, streets, and bridges.

Generally, a "Local Project" is a project on a road or bridge owned/operated by a local government that is funded using state and/or federal money through the state Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).

Evaluating potential new products for use on lower volume local roads is a service provided by PennDOT.

In Pennsylvania, scour critical bridges are categorized based on the vulnerability of the bridge to scour. Category A is the most susceptible to scour while Categories B & C, respectively, have decreasing scour vulnerability. Since Category A bridges are most vulnerable to scour, higher priority and frequency are given to these bridges for monitoring.

PennDOT's Local Technical Assistance Program is dedicated to transferring transportation technology through training, technical assistance, and other customer services to municipal elected officials and their staff. The LTAP program is designed to help Pennsylvania’s municipalities, which maintain over 78,000 miles of roadways, make the best use of their roadway maintenance dollars.