Today’s guest speaker was John Clancy Penndot Highway Maintenance Manager for Montgomery County. John began his career at Penndot as a transportation equipment operator in 2008. In 2022 he was names Penndot’s new highway maintenance manager for Montgomery County. John is married to his wife Nicole Hegele and resides in Bucks County where he has lived most of his life with their 11 year old son Liam. In his spare time, he and his family are very active in their church and he tows part time for D&C Towing formerly of Hatboro now in Huntingdon Valley. At Penndot he supervises more than a 100 employees, manages a budget of $33 million, which he told us he shares with other departments, it is not all for Montgomery County. He oversees all maintenance activities on more than 750 miles of state highway, which includes in Hatboro; York Road, Jacksonville Road, Warminster Road, a portion of Montgomery Avenue, County Line Road is a state highway but it is maintained by Bucks County Penndot. He works closely with all Montgomery County municipalities, working to make changes to better serve those in the county. His staff maintains more than 750 miles of snow roads, with some municipalities being paid to snow, which Hatboro is one. He discussed paving projects and different paving initiatives to help prolong the life of state highways. He discussed right of way matters and why Penndot does what they do, basically to keep water off state roads. He also discussed what many of us are struggling with and that is help, he stated Penndot is currently experiencing a 38% decrease in staffing, which really impacts operations. Penndot is struggling to find help and is also hiring. John answered a few questions about roads and initiatives in other areas and stated he is always available to help and answer questions. His email address is jclancy@pa.gov.
