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PennDOT pushes forward on tolling bridges, but now lawmakers are hitting the brakes with new legislation
The plan includes tolling 9 bridges, with the I-83 John Harris Memorial South bridge among those slated for repairs that connects Harrisburg to Cumberland County.
Author: Jamie Bittner (FOX43)
Updated: 11:17 PM EST March 11, 2021
The PennDOT proposal that would toll 9 bridges in Pennsylvania to fund repair work now has a hurdle to jump as Republican lawmakers have introduced new legislation that would void the effort. 
But, PennDOT counters the proposal is only possible because of a measure that had Republican support.
The ability for PennDOT to institute tolls on these bridges comes from Act 88 of 2012, and the Public-Private Partnership, or P3, which gives a private company room to toll for repairs, which then gives PennDOT the money acquired. In 2012, then-House Bill 3 passed the GOP-majority chamber, giving PennDOT ....

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