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The governing board of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the five member Commission, passed a resolution at their regular bimonthly meeting this week apparently requiring staff to open up professional services contract work for competition. This is intended to address one common criticism of the Turnpike: that it has a cosy - some say plainly 'corrupt' - relationship with a small bunch of favored companies, and there are surreptitious pay-to-play deals.