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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 the power to use toll
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The $622,000 project is part of the state Department of Transportation s Safe Routes to School initiative and is being funded through the Transportation Improvement Program. It will include revamping the steep entrance on the west side of Brayton School and the YMCA and adding in sidewalks and other improvements. The public schools outreach coordinator Emily Schiavoni said the school district and Northern Berkshire Community Coalition have been partners in the program since 2016. The two entities applied in 2019 to the Safe Routes to Schools program for Brayton and were accepted. Schiavoni, who has been coordinating the effort, said MassDOT will lead the design and be responsible for funding and the city will be responsible for coordinating and funding permanent and temporary leases for construction.
Because of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Transportation has taken a cautious approach to budgeting. We re taking baby steps turning things back on, Kimes said. We just want to be cautious how we move forward on our budget.
When the pandemic began nearly a year ago, the Department of Transportation took a significant financial hit as COVID-19 kept North Carolinians off the roads. The department is funded primarily through a gas tax and a highway use tax.
The department pushed back projects as a way of balancing its funds. This fall it re-structured its 10-year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program to account for the budget shortfall, Kimes said.