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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 22,1978
PHIA says road network is taken for granted
HARRSIBURG - Very few
other states in the Union
have a road system as large
or as diverse as does Penn
sylvania. Building a high
way in the Keystone State is
expensive, largely because
the terrain is a combination
of trails through the Rockies,
and the ups-and-downs of a
rolling countryside. Penn
sylvania is too wide a State
to be ignored or bypassed in
traveling from the Atlantic
seaboard to the Middle West
and beyond. But as one truck
industry leader said
recently, “we can’t ahord to
take our ngs over the nearly
worn-out Pennsylvania
roads and we can’t nearly
afford to go around the State
either. It’s just too big ”
Grange supports 6-day
rural mail service
HARRISBURG - George
W. Rodgers, assistant to the
Master, of the Pennsylvania
State Grange, stated
recently that the Grange
supports keeping a six-day
mad service in Rural Free
Delivery.
In an address to the
Pennsylvania Rural Letter
Carriers Association in
Danville, Rodgers said,
“The Grange will fight to a
bitter end to retain this
service.”
A move has been made
recently within the postal
system to curtad the amount
of mad service-days in an
effort to cut costs
The Grange believes that
such a service curtailment
would hurt the rural
population of this state.
Another area that Rodgers
commented on was Penn-
DOT’s request for a 2Vz cent
gas tax increase. He
questioned the need for it
He went on to ask if a
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This sense of frustration is
being echoed by highway
users who see a road system
growing old and decaymg
before their eyes. These
motorists simply can’t
understand why they are not
getting a usable and safe
highway system in return for
their tax dollar
Pennsylvania’s highway
users last year paid nearlysl
billion into the State’s Motor
License Fund, but as has
been the case for many
years, more than 48 per cent
of the Fund’s monies are
earmarked for uses that
have nothing to do with the
construction or care of our
highways (State Police
funds, aid to municipalities,
departmental overhaul for
PennDOT might not be more
in order
He did say, however, that
if it is determined an in
crease in funding is
necessary, the increase in
the gas tax would be the
most equitable way
Rodgers also commented
on the proposed “sunset”
legislation to reduce the
amount of state agencies and
departments
He stated that the Grange
urges caution in this
legislation. Care should be
used so that the good
agencies are not the ones
that are eliminated
“Take a stand,” Rodgers
said, “Meet the challenge
and the voice of rural
Pennsylvania will be
heard ”
have a
nice weekend..
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many free license plates,
driver education, etc.).
Although inflation has in
creased the cost of building
highways more than KK'
percent, no additional
funding has been provided
by the State legislature to
alleviate this condition
Neglect seems to be the
hallmark of our highway
concern We have invested
billions in the state’s 45,000
mile road system and
allowed that divestment to
erode and wear out, says the
Pennsylvania Highway
Information Association
Everyone knows how bad
the roads are, and too often
the statewide reaction is to
place blame wherever most
convenient The most visible
target is PennDOT , since
remarks about PennDOT
corruption, mismanagement
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S. GROFF & SON
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FARM & DAIRY STORE
RD 3, Ephrata, PA 17522 (Hinkletown)
Phone (717) 354 4631
Store Hours 7AM to 9 P M
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and the stumblings of
bureauracy are quite
common. But, in reality,
those same comments could
be made about any other
State agency- Those who
don’t blame PennDOT cast
their grievance on the
legislature for inaction, or a
“too little, too late” attitude
But it is rather common
knowledge that government
does react to public opinion,
if it is audible enough.
Maybe the public outcry has
been more muffled than
apparent, PHIA suggests.
It might make more sense
to place blame where it is
most deserved - on every one
of us who took the road
system for granted and
didn’t insist on its being
taken care of and properly
funded.
This placing of blame
doesn’t solve Pennsylvania’s
most severe highway crisis
This is the biggest one
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in history It doesn’t repair
or replace those dangerous
bridges, many of which are
being closed in all parts of
the state. It doesn’t repave
roads that wreck our car’s
alignment, rip the tires and
cause serious accidents.
The fact that Penn
sylvania ranks first, among
all of the states, in highway
indebtedness (a total of $2.3
billion, at an annual cost of
$2OO million) only adds
further anguish to this
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FARM EQUIPMENT
ZOOK’S FARM STORE
Honey Brook, PA
S. JOHNSON HURFF
Pole Tavern
Monroeville, NJ
609-358 2565 or
609 769 2565
STOUFFER BROS. INC.
Chambersburg, PA
717-263-8424
ARNETT’S GARAGE
Rt 9 Box 125
Hagerstown MD
301 733-0515
NEVIN N. MYER
£ SONS, INC.
Chester Springs, PA
215 827 7414
[MERGER'S MILL
Rt 4 Lebanon, PA
(Fontana)
717 867 5161
A. L. HERR & BRO.
Quarryville PA
717 786-3521
BINKLEY & HURST BROS
133 Rothsville Station Road
Lititz, PA
717 626-4705
PEOPLE’S SALES
& SERVICE
Oakland Mills, PA
717 463 2735
Winter. Even if the months
from November - April were
only average, they would
only wreak further erosion
on a road system that is
being neglected
Only an aroused citizenry
can turn things around. Only
a citizenry that cares can
end this slip-down to a
highway system that will
only aggrevate an economy
already in trouble Surely it
is evident that, like the
bridges, many of our worn
out roads will also be closed
in the months and years to
come, PHIA concludes
N. G. HERSHEY & SON
Manheim, PA
717 665 2271
AGWAY, INC
Chapman Equip Center
Chapman, PA
215 398 2553
CHAS. J. McCOMSEY
& SONS
Hickory Hill, PA
213-932 2615
WERTZ GARAGE
Lineboro, MD
301-374-2672
LEBANON VALLEY
IMPLEMENT CO., INC
Richland, PA
717 866-7518
CLAIR J. MYERS
Lake Road R 1
Thomasville, PA
717 259 0453
WILLIAM DAUGHERTY
R D #2
Felton PA
717 244 9787
ERNEST SHOVER
FARM EQUIPMENT
19 W South St
Carlisle PA
717 249 2239