Wednesday, May 5, 2021 12:16 p.m.
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A proposed toll to fund the widening and upgrades to this I-79 bridge and Bridgeville interchange improvements has some state and local lawmakers and business owners concerned.
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Officials from several communities banded together during a May 4 virtual meeting against the implementation of a toll on an I-79 bridge in Bridgeville.
The virtual meeting was part of the Southwest Communities Chamber of Commerce 2021 Community Outlook. Participants of the call included managers and administration officials from Bridgeville, Upper St. Clair, Scott, South Fayette, Carnegie, Collier and Heidelberg.
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.
Toll roads are not a new concept.
There were tolls collected in Babylon. Aristotle spoke of them in the ancient world. During the Middle Ages, they were common tools of both official and criminal collection.
But now PennDOT is planning to expand its network of toll roads with the Pathways Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership (P3) Initiative a $1.6 billion to $2.2 billion investment in rehabilitation of up to nine Interstate bridges, announced in November.
One of those bridges will be on I-79 where it crosses Route 50. The project also would reconfigure the Bridgeville interchange to a total cost of $120 million to $150 million.
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