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Thursday's state court permanently blocked Governor Tom Wolf's plan to toll nine major bridges on theinterstate highwayin Pennsylvania. .. He violated the steps in reaching the advanced stage of reviewing ideas.
A committee of judges in the federal court granted the municipality's request to effectively declare the plan dead because Wolff's Department of Transportation did not comply with the law.
One of the key factors that the court agreed with the local government was that when PennDOT asked for permission from thePublic-Private Transportation Partnership Committeein 2020, PennDOT paid a specific bridge. Is an allegation that you need to propose. To proceed with the toll planning for the bridge. I didn't do that.
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As a result, the impact of the toll collection project The courts of the parties that may be subject to it said they did not have the opportunity to give a meaningful opinion on the process prior to the decision of the board, such as the municipality.
Interstate Expressway-95 miles long The Double-Philadelphia Deck Girard Point Bridge is the bridge the Governor wanted to add tolls. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke, file)
In another case in May, a federal court judge temporarily suspended a toll collection project. I imposed an order.
As the state pays more and more attention to user fees to compensate for the decline in gas tax revenues that are not keeping up with demands for highway and bridge repairs, wolf tolls will increase.
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With rising gas prices Republican lawmaker, amid accelerating opposition from the club's community. Wolf himself has eight months left, and neither of his potential successors in the November elections support it.
