HARRISBURG (AP) The chairman of Pennsylvania’s Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday said he wants to halt plans to toll nine major bridges on inte
Several Republican Pennsylvania senators on Thursday called on the Legislature to pass a bill that would reform a little-known transportation office and nix a PennDOT plan to toll nine bridges in the state.
“The Legislature has to have a position in actions such as tolling nine bridges in the state of Pennsylvania,” said state Sen. Bob Mensch, R-Montgomery County during a press conference in the Capitol.
“It is, ultimately, the people we represent who will pay those tolls.”
On Feb. 18, PennDOT announced the bridge renovation plan approved by the Public-Private Transportation Partnership (P3) would be funded by tolls on several bridges, including:
Trucking companies in Berks County, commuters in the Harrisburg area and businesses in tiny Brookville, Jefferson County will all pay the price if the state goes through with a plan to toll nine interstate bridges, Republican lawmakers said Thursday.
The chairman of Pennsylvania’s Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday said he wants to halt plans to toll nine major bridges on interstates around the state, including on I-78 outside Lenhartsville.