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Dan Cessna

PennDOT Looking To Expand New Traffic Light System

Pittsburghers spend 39 hours a year sitting in traffic and that adds up to more than $800 in wasted fuel, but there could be help on the way.

2013/05/16

Double Detour Ahead Of Squirrel Hill Tunnel Closures

There’s a twist in this weekend’s closure of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel. Crews are doing work on a dam at the Edgewood-Swissvale exit. The problem: the exit ramp has been a mode of re-entry to the Parkway for the Squirrel Hill Tunnel detour.

2013/04/25

PennDot Sets Up Traveling Memorial

In 2012, more than 1600 work zone crashes occurred across the state.

2013/04/19

PennDOT Announces 2013 Spring Road Projects

In a sign that warmer days are just around the corner, PennDOT announced some of its major spring road projects on Friday.

2013/03/01

Transportation Secretary: Corbett’s Plan Crucial To Road, Bridge Preservation

What most people took away from Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget address on Tuesday is that gas prices could go up even further to pay for our region’s transportation and road costs.

2013/02/06

PennDOT Answers Questions About Pittsburgh Roads and Bridges

PennDot’s Dan Cessna joined Host Mike Pintek for Tuesday’s Q&A session on KDKA NewsRadio 1020.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2012/09/04

Safety Measures In Place 1 Year After Deadly Washington Blvd. Flood

Ever since this time last year, anybody who drives along Washington Boulevard – especially when it rains – takes a closer look at what’s going on around them. The newly-installed gate is a symbol of what’s happened during the past year.

2012/08/17

PennDOT Looking At Ways To Ease Parkway East Traffic

If you travel on the Parkway East during rush hour, you know how jammed it can get. Besides renovating the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, PennDOT is looking into another way to help keep traffic flowing.

2012/08/14

PennDOT’s Plan For Route 28 Could Cause More Traffic Headaches

More road construction means another round of closures and more traffic headaches for drivers. In addition to another closure of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, PennDOT has major plans for Route 28 – it’s a stretch that is already a mess on most days.

2012/08/01

Road Work Coming To Busy South Hills Intersection

A major construction project is coming to a busy intersection in the South Hills. The intersection of Routes 88 and 51 is getting a makeover.

2012/07/25

Q&A Tuesday: Dan Cessna from PennDOT

This week on Q&A Tuesday, Mike Pintek talks with Dan Cessna, Distict 11 Executive from PennDOT.

NewsRadio 1020 KDKA–2012/07/17

Strip Club Helps Clean Up Local Highways

Trash and litter strewn along state highways is an eyesore and a terrible burden on PennDOT road crews. But now PennDOT’s getting some help picking up from a place that’s normally in the business of taking things off – clothes that is.

2012/07/02

Pedestrian Bridge Planned For North Shore

Now that the North Shore Connector is open, PennDOT is scrambling to get a project designed to build a pedestrian walkway so people arriving for major events won’t have to fight traffic to get to Heinz Field.

2012/04/09