July 13, 2021 3:45 PM, EDT
Pennsylvania Ponders Package Fee to Pay for Roads, Bridges
An Amazon delivery driver carries a package through the snow in Philadelphia in December of 2020. (Caroline Gutman/Bloomberg News)
What if the solution to Pennsylvania’s transportation funding quagmire was all the brown boxes and padded envelopes left at people’s front doors?
Officials tasked with finding new ways to pay for repairing the state’s roads and bridges are considering a delivery fee or tax for online purchases as one of the suggestions that would head to Gov. Tom Wolf.
Similar state proposals include New York City’s $3-per-box fee to fund the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Colorado’s proposal of a 25-cent flat fee on online purchases delivered by vehicle.
Wolf panel eyes fee on package deliveries
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Package fee could help fund transportation in Pennsylvania
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