i-80
Penn Pike Commission promising 4x rise in I-80 spending, & link to I-99
Posted Sun, 2008-07-13 14:31In a bid to bolster support for tolling I-80 the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is releasing details of a $2.5 billion ten year capital spending plan. This is about
four times the current level of spending on the 500km (311 mile) interstate which traverses the state east-west.
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Penn Pike chief provokes fierce denunciations
Posted Wed, 2007-11-21 21:40
Pennsylvania Turnpike CEO Joseph Brimmeier is provoking fierce attacks on the Turnpike Commission. His hometown newspaper the Pittsburgh Tribune Review's editorial this morning is an example. Under the headline "Turnpike termerity: stop the games" they denounced the Turnpike demand that US Congressman John Peterson from northern Pennsylvania provide ID and proof of residency before they would consider his request for details of the Commission's spending on lobbyists.374 words read more »
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Penn Pike chief Brimmeier denies he claimed PA had 3rd spot for tolling I-80, blasts TOLLROADSnews
Posted Tue, 2007-10-30 08:24
Pennsylvania Turnpike chief executive Joseph Brimmeier now denies he told a meeting of the IBTTA in Vienna about three weeks back that the feds had approved tolling of I-80 and that the state had the third slot or authority out of three allowed in federal law. Two are already allocated under the Interstate System Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Tolling Pilot Program - I-81 in Virginia and I-70 in Missouri. 341 words read more »
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Letter from chief of staff to Rep Peterson (R-PA) against tolling I-80
Posted Mon, 2007-10-22 15:26I very much appreciate your articles on I-80 tolling in Pennsylvania and the fiasco of Act 44. There is no question that the tolling of I-80 was thought to be an easy bailout by the leadership of both parties in Harrisburg for the self inflicted transportation woes of the State. I applaud TOLLROADSnews for exposing the fiasco, especially the self preservation role of the patronage polluted and scandal ridden Turnpike Commission.
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600 wordsFeds say other interstates have priority over I-80 for tolling OK (REVISED)
Posted Fri, 2007-10-19 09:38
The Federal Highway Administration's chief counsel James D Ray has sent a discouraging letter to Pennsylvania saying that they have made no decision on the application to toll I-80, but that other candidates for the limited tolling authority or 'slot' in federal law have been
promised priority. These are various tolling programs under the Corridors of the Future (CoF) program. 490 words read more »
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Pennsylvania DOT signs 50 year lease for Penn Pike to toll I-80
Posted Tue, 2007-10-16 12:40
Pennsylvania DOT (PennDOT) and the Turnpike Commission announced today in a joint press release they have signed the 50 year lease agreement for tolling I-80 as provided for by state Act 44. The second sentence of the press release states: "Under Act 44, the commission will transfer $83.3 billion to PennDOT for transportation projects throughout the state (over the 50 years of the lease)."
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Penn Pike launches Toll I-80 website
Posted Fri, 2007-08-24 06:09
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has taken down its fighting Public-Public Partnership website devoted to attacking the Governor's privatization plan. In its place there is a new website to put the Commission's line on tolling I-80 and Act 44, the state enabling law for the Turnpike's vastly expanded role.
The new site is http://www.paturnpike.com/i80/
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Feds receive request to toll PA/I-80 from Penn Pike -AMPLIFIED
Posted Wed, 2007-08-22 14:21
The USDOT has received the request from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to toll I-80. The five page request made in the name of Turnpike CEO Joseph Brimmeier is called an Expression of Interest and is addressed to the Pricing and Tolling Team within the Office of Operations at the Federal Highway Administration, although US secretary of transportation, Mary Peters, will make the ultimate decision.
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THE BIG ISSUE Tolling the Interstates
Posted Mon, 1997-03-31 19:00THE BIG ISSUE Tolling the Interstates
Originally published in issue 14 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Apr 1997.
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Ex-FHwA head: “Let’s toll the Interstates”
Posted Thu, 1996-03-07 16:20Ex-FHwA head: “Let’s toll the Interstates”
Originally published in issue 1 of Tollroads Newsletter, which came out in Mar 1996.
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Subjects:tolling interstates I-80
Facilities:I-80 Pennsylvania Turnpike
Agencies:Penna pike
Locations:PA
Sources:Larson
