toll express lanes

The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting legislators as saying they want to gauge the interest of the private sector in doing toll express lanes (TELs) for I-95 and the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76). The idea has been overshadowed by the fierce debate over leasing of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, but the state Senate has already passed enabling legislation and the House Transportation Committee is holding hearings on it with apparent enthusiasm from legislators of both parties. 729 words  read more »

Secretary Transportation Mary Peters today drew attention to a Federal Register notice that gives details of an Express Lanes Demonstration (ELD) program under which up to 15 toll lanes projects will be eligible for federal government approval on interstates and other federal aid highways.  read more »

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is proposing a Tampa style reversible express lanes for the Pittsburgh area's busiest highway, I-376 or Parkway East as it is known locally. Figg Engineering of Tallahassee FL who designed the Turnpike's successful new Susquehanna River Bridge in Harrisburg using their specialty design - post-tensioned segmental box girder - have done a conceptual study of a 15-mile (24km) roadway for the major radial highway east out of Pittsburgh.
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