The Daily Numbers: 7.1 mile stretch of highway known as the Conchester Highway, Route 322, that runs from Route 1 in Concord to I-95 in Chester.
21 billion dollars being generated by the recently enacted Act 89 Transportation Plan that includes funding to fix the so-called ‘Killer Conchester.’
2.3 billion dollars in additional funding generated each year by the plan.
63.2 billion available over the next 12 years.
430 crashes reported on Route 322 from 2008 through 2012.
251 rear-end crashes.
6 fatalities, 5 major injuries; 20 moderate injuries.
25 cent increase in the cost of gasoline at the pump under Act 89.
140 veterans honored by the county yesterday at the Fair Acres Geriatric Center.
8 men, including 1 man busted at his job in Delco, now facing charges in connection with a heist at an Atlantic City casino.
6 gunshot wounds to the let, what an Upper Darby man suffered in a street altercation on Radbourne Road.
5 year tentative deal between SEPTA and electrical workers on its regional rail lines. Both sides still need to ratify the deal. SEPTA continues talks with 1 other union.
20 million dollar mortgage scheme that earned a Yeadon man more than 12 years in prison.
79, age of man facing peeping Tom charges after he allegedly used a mirror to peek at a man in the stall next to him in an Upper Darby Home Depot restroom.
311,000 people filing for unemployment compensation last week.
61 point jump for the stock market.
6,000 workers getting pink slips from Cisco, which makes routers and software for computers.
4.12 percent, average rate for 30 -year mortgage.
3 p.m., when the Taney Dragons from Philly see action in the Little League World Series.
2 teams from Broomall-Newtown in the Babe Ruth World Series.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
So what do you think will draw bigger ratings, the Taney Dragons Little League World Series game at 3 on ESPN, or the Phillies at Giants late night from San Francisco?
I Don’t Get It: The financial guru from the state LCB wants the agency to hike the markup on booze. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Taney Dragons. They are doing us proud. And all those kids from two teams in the Broomall-Newtown Babe Ruth program. They’re all winners
Quote Box: “These improvements will dramatically improve mobility for people across the state.”
- Gov . Tom Corbett on the new 12-year Transportation plan.
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