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Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court on Thursday permanently blocked Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to toll as many as nine major state bridges, including one on Interstate 79 in Bridgeville, ruling his administration had not properly followed state law in getting the plan approved.

Commonwealth Court issues preliminary injunction to halt PennDOT’s bridge tolling plan

By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Ed Blazina

"A Commonwealth Court judge Wednesday threw a wrench into the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s plans to establish tolls on nine bridges to pay for their replacement by a private contractor."

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By: Land Line
Tyson Fisher

"Despite billions of dollars in infrastructure federal funding, several states are still looking to move forward with toll projects."

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Read more: https://landline.media/states-still-pursuing-tolls-despite-available-fed...

By: WDRB
Marcus Green

By The Courier Express
Alex Nelson

"CLARION — Pennsylvania U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson hosted a public hearing in Clarion Thursday to examine the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s new Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership (P3) Initiative with local lawmakers and witnesses representing vast groups of the public who could be impacted."

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By Times News Online
Chris Weber 

A group of state and federal lawmakers met with the Pennsylvania Secretary of Transportation Thursday to voice opposition to a plan to place tolls on 11 bridges around the state, including one along Interstate 80 in Carbon County.

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Read More: https://www.tnonline.com/20210402/lawmaker-tolling-bridges-double-taxation/

By Land Line Magazine
Tyson Fisher 

"Indiana is getting closer to a new toll road known as the I-69 Ohio River Crossing."

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Read More: https://landline.media/i-69-ohio-river-crossing-will-include-toll-on-new-interstate-bridge/

By Land Line Magazine
Tyson Fisher 

"Motorists in Pennsylvania may be paying more money to travel on certain bridges now that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation received approval to charge tolls for its Major Bridge P3 program."

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Read More: https://landline.media/penndot-approved-to-install-tolls-for-major-bridge-p3-project/

By: Land Line Magazine
Tyson Fisher

"Oregon wants to toll portions of Interstate 205, but it wants feedback from the public first.

On Aug. 3, the Oregon Department of Transportation launched an online survey that seeks public comment on five preliminary alternatives for tolls on I-205 around the Abernathy Bridge. Comments are due by Sept. 16 and can be submitted through the survey here."

Fleet News Daily
JUNE 8, 2020

In response to the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee releasing its proposed surface transportation reauthorization bill, the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act, the Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates issued the following statement which can be attributed to Communications Director Stephanie Kane: