Penn Pike defers response date for request for MFE/SB P3

The Penn Pike Commission has deferred the response date on their request for concepts/solutions on the completion of the Mon Fayette Expressway and Southern Beltway to Jan 15 2009. Questions will be accepted to Dec 17.

The Commission says it is trying to find investors who can make viable projects out of three remaining segments it cannot fund by traditional public sector toll financing or tax-based grants.

This covers:

- 42km (26 miles) of the most northerly part of the Mon Fayette Expressway called PA51/I-376 an urban roadway that could relieve congestion on the major east-west Parkway East (I-376) as well as linking to0 the north-south remainder of the MFE

- two suburban fringe stretches of the Southern Beltway of 21km (13 miles) each

see http://www.paturnpike.com/P3/p3_public.aspx

TOLLROADSnews 2008-10-31