PennDOT POSTED AND BONDED ROADWAY PROGRAM
More than 9,000 miles of PennDOT-managed roads are in poor condition. Many of Pennsylvania’s older secondary and rural roads were not designed to support the weight they presently carry, especially with the recent trucking boom resulting from the unconventional oil and gas (UOG) industry. To prevent damage, PennDOT has posting and bonding policies that require haulers to be financially responsible for excess maintenance on the roads they use.
This can be problematic for Pennsylvania’s logging industry when co-bonding roads already bonded by an UOG industry whose trucking impacts are much greater. Pennsylvania Act 13 of 2012 created a policy that exempts economically distressed (at risk) industries and de minimis haulers (local/infrequent haulers not likely to damage roadways) in excess of posted weight limits from co-bonding roadways already bonded by a UOG industry by issuing Letters of Local Determination (LoLD). Act 91 of 2022 extends this program through 2028. PennDOT’s Posted and Bonded Roadway Program website has additional information.
Additionally, PennDOT’s Web-based map viewer provides current information on the posted and bonded state routes in Pennsylvania. Users can find every posted road in the state to see roadway segments’ weight limits and review which haulers and industries bond these roadways. Haulers can use this information to determine whether they qualify for self-certification or are required to complete the Letter of Local Determination application.
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