” As 2014 gives way to 2015, we asked Darrin Gatti, Chief Engineer at the Philadelphia Streets Department, to get us up to speed on the projects that’ll help speed you along your bicycle and automobile journeys in Philly. Streets has been busy lately, bidding out about $48 million in construction projects in 2013, and another $65 million in 2014, according to Gatti. Only a few years ago, $20 million was the norm. The increase, says Gatti, comes from the Streets Department’s recent success in winning federal and state grants. Still “we’re still kinda behind the eight ball,” says Gatti, “so every year we’re going to have to do what we can to get as much help as possible from the state and federal government. And hope for good weather.”
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