A partnership between the state Department of Transportation and state Department of Conservation and Natural Resource Partnership is expected to lead to savings in time and resources.

Starting this month, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources vehicles at seven state parks and one state forest will be serviced at nearby PennDOT facilities through a new agreement expected to reduce DCNR staff time and travel costs.Locally Beltzville equipment will be serviced at PennDOT's Carbon County maintenance garage.By using nearby PennDOT locations for preventive maintenance, repairs and where applicable, PA State Inspection and Emissions testing, DCNR will save time and resources.Terry Brady, deputy press secretary for the DCNR, said the savings are estimated to be $20,000 a year in this initial effort."We continue to review our operations to find ways we can transform how we do business, and that includes partnering with other agencies," acting PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards said. "While we most directly affect the public by maintaining our transportation system, through efforts like this we also reinforce that we're good stewards of their investments."The partnership was developed through the state's Mapping the Future initiative, involving PennDOT, DCNR, the Turnpike Commission and other agencies to save resources and avoid duplicating efforts.Mapping the Future supports the Governor's Office of Transformation, Innovation, Modernization and Efficiency (GO-TIME)'s efforts to identify cost savings and efficiencies in state government.