Pennsylvania State Capital Bureau
A bill that would essentially kill PennDOT’s plan to toll several bridges across Pennsylvania to fund projects moved forward Tuesday when it was passed by the state Senate.
The Senate approved Senate Bill 382, introduced by Sen. Wayne Langerholc, R-Cambria County, in a 28-19 vote.
The bill will now go to the House.
“This P3 plan is a failure,” Langerholc said on the Senate floor Tuesday. “We owe our commonwealth residents more than this.”
Bridges to be tolled
On Feb. 18, PennDOT announced the bridge renovation plan, approved by the obscure Public-Private Transportation Partnership (P3) in November, would be funded by tolls on several bridges, including:
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