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PennDOT Proposes Bridge Tolls to Fund Critical Repairs With gas tax revenues projected to fall this fiscal year due to the pandemic, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation argues it needs additional revenue to bridge its growing funding gap and repair crucial infrastructure. March 2, 2021, 10am PST | Diana Ionescu | The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is starting a campaign to garner support for new bridge tolls, which the department deems crucial for raising enough revenue to rebuild or upgrade nine of the state s most important bridges. Under its Pennsylvania Pathways program to find other revenue sources for transportation projects, PennDOT announced Thursday it will prepare federal paperwork to begin charging tolls of $1 to $2. The department hopes the virtual public meetings it plans to hold will be an opportunity to convince the public about PennDOT’s funding crisis, the importance of using tolls to fund the work, and the potential reduct

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