In 2001, Harrisburg finished a nine-year paving project to resurface all of its roads. The tab: about $10 million.

But with the recent skyrocketing prices of oil-based asphalt materials, a similar paving project in the city is projected to cost more than double, city engineer Joseph Link said.

Drivers are fed up with high gas prices. Now the spike in oil prices is affecting the roads on which they drive. Other central Pennsylvania municipalities are feeling the same pinch and, as a result, are paving fewer streets than in years before.

In 2001, Harrisburg finished a nine-year paving project to resurface all of its roads. The tab: about $10 million.  read more »