Open any Pennsylvania newspaper and you’ll read about a serious funding crisis in public transportation. SEPTA warns of service cuts, riders worry about fare increases, and regional transit systems across the Commonwealth struggle to keep buses and trains running. Without new investment, the mobility lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians is at risk.

Yet while these urgent debates unfold, our state continues to waste millions of dollars every year on outdated construction mandates.

A unique law

At the heart of this waste is the Separations Act, a 1913 law unique to Pennsylvania that requires public construction projects to use multiple prime contractors: one for general construction, another for electrical, another for plumbing, and another for HVAC.

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