Updated: 1:51 PM EDT Mar 17, 2021 Tom Lehman Reporter A bill that would block PennDOT s plan to toll several bridges in Pennsylvania is moving forward.A Senate committee advanced the legislation Wednesday to the full Senate for a vote.Senate Bill 382 would halt a plan to toll nine bridges to cover the costs of reconstruction or replacement.PennDOT has said gas tax revenue is declining, which will make it harder to pay for road projects in the coming years.Republicans backing the bill acknowledged the need for a larger discussion about how to pay for road projects but said tolls are not the solution. We need to have this conversation now instead of continually kicking the can down the road and just passing it off on the residents of Pennsylvania by another tax or another fee, Sen. Wayne Langerholc (R-35) said.Gov. Tom Wolf said last week he supports phasing out the gas tax and created a commission to examine alternative ways to fund the state s transpo
Some Republican state lawmakers want to halt the Pennsylvania Department of Transportationâs plan to toll several bridges, including the I-83 South Bridge in Dauphin County.A group of senators introduced legislation Thursday to void the Major Bridge P3 Initiative. Under the initiative, tolls would be added to nine aging bridges in Pennsylvania to cover the costs of reconstruction or replacement. Since this was announced, I ve heard a very loud cry from the people of my district, Sen. Mike Regan (R-31) said.Regan, who is one of the lawmakers backing the bill, said many people in Cumberland and York counties cross the I-83 South Bridge multiple times a day. Now theyâre going to pay $500, $1,000, $1,500 a year additionally, just going to work, when theyâre just getting back to work, he said.Regan also said heâs worried that drivers trying to avoid tolls could cause traffic problems on local roadways. People are going to be crowding the streets of Camp Hill, Le