I-80 Pennsylvania

With the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission rolling out its plans for Interstate 80, the Commonwealth Foundation thinktank in Harrisburg called on officials to seek competitive bids from the private sector to lease and operate the highway if policymakers choose to toll the 500km (311-mile) interstate.

The FHWA after six weeks of hashing the subject around has written to Joseph Brimmeier CEO of the Pennsylvania Turnpike saying that USDOT believes they should apply for federal permission to toll I-80 under the Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISR&RPP) authorized in TEA21 legislation as Section 1216(b).