Is The State Violating the Law?

Amazingly, the Port Authority (PAT) continues to receive its state subsidy despite the absence of the legally required local matching funds. According to Section 1513.D of Act 44—the transportation funding bill of 2007—the state money shall not be released to a transit agency unless the local match is in place. Even if a community cannot come up with the full amount of the required 15 percent local match as specified in Act 44, then some of the local match must be forthcoming. But this is not the case in Allegheny County. The local funds are available. In fact, revenues from the new drink and car rental taxes are on pace to collect more than is necessary for the local match. Continue