(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release in Pittsburgh yesterday from the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC), they elected Fayette County Commissioner Vince Vicites as its new Chairman in Pittsburgh yesterday for the calendar years of 2026 and 2027. The federally-designated regional commission for transportation and economic development chose Vicites to lead the United States Department of Transportation (DOT)’s designated Metropolitan Planning Organization for both the City of Pittsburgh and the ten counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Vicites is replacing outgoing Chairman Commissioner Pat Fabian of Armstrong County, whose term will expire at the end of this year. Additionally, Commissioner Betsy McClure of Greene County was elected as the Vice-Chair and Commissioner Bonni Dunlap of Indiana County was elected as the Secretary-Treasurer of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.