Tom Warne Report, 29 September 2014
The Shippensburg News-Chronicle – September 17, 2014
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced the agency’s first sponsorship effort enabled by the Public-Private Partnership law signed by Gov. Tom Corbett in 2012. The sponsorship was announced by Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley and PennDOT Executive Secretary for Administration Brad Mallory at an event in Harrisburg.
State Farm has signed a three-year agreement to sponsor PennDOT’s roving safety patrol, which offers free motorist assistance on certain expressways in the Lehigh Valley, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions. Now named the State Farm Safety Patrol, the sponsorship will offset almost 11 percent of PennDOT’s roughly $4 million annual operating cost for the service.
“This sponsorship is a testament to how public-private partnerships can deliver benefits for the Commonwealth and businesses, but most importantly, to taxpayers,” Cawley said. “When Governor Corbett signed the P3 law, it opened the door to continued cost savings and improved services for our customers.”
The sponsorship program includes updating the existing patrol vehicles with the State Farm logo and improved, highly-reflective safety markings to increase visibility to motorists.
PennDOT is not the first to land a State Farm sponsorship for their Safety Patrol, however, I included this story because I see opportunities like this all over our country. Why not let them put their logo on Safety Patrol trucks? What do you think?