Transportation Funding Plan Hits Pothole

Pennsylvania’s 2007 transportation funding plan (Act 44) could be in serious trouble. The key component of the plan, tolling Interstate 80, is getting opposition from members of the U.S. House as well as from a Texas Senator who plans to introduce a bill preventing the tolling of existing, federally funded roads. If this bill is enacted, Act 44 will not be able to provide the funding needed to fix the Commonwealth’s deteriorating roads and bridges or subsidize mass transit. As a result, Governor Rendell is talking about reviving his earlier plan to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Continue