By Bill OBoyle boboyle@timesleader.com
Rush-hour traffic on Interstate 81 at the Suscon Road overpass in Pittston Township in this file photo. While this stretch of the highway would not be affected, PennDOT’s recently announced plan to toll nine bridges on interstates across Pennsylvania, including a nine-mile stretch along Interstate 81 in Susquehanna County, and the Nescopeck Creek bridges on Interstate 80 in Luzerne County, have raised concerns among business and community leader.
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WILKES-BARRE Teri Ooms, Executive Director of The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development at Wilkes University, Friday said there is a pressing need to evaluate the potential impact that tolling of two Luzerne County bridges will have on the region.
State leaders and residents in Luzerne County have many concerns over PennDOT s new bridge toll proposal. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 6:07 PM EST February 26, 2021
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. State legislators hosted a virtual forum on Friday to discuss concerns about PennDOT s proposals to put tolls on nine interstate bridges throughout the state.
The plan called Pathways Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership OR (P3) Initiative was announced last week.
The tolls would be as much as $2 each way, starting as early as 2023. PennDOT says the money collected would go to repairing these bridges, so those costly repairs wouldn t take money away from other projects.
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