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Calendar I-80 Tolling Decision Could
Come This Week – Still Time to Act!
With a decision looming on whether the Department of
Transportation (DOT) will permit Pennsylvania to toll Interstate
80, NATSO is urging members to contact DOT to voice their opposition and
outline the impact such a measure will have on the truckstop
industry. DOT could issue a decision as early as this week on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s (PTC) application to toll
I-80.
While the application only applies to one state, its approval will set a dangerous precedent for other states to attempt similar tolling schemes.
The PTC, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), submitted its third application to DOT in late October. Under the proposal, the PTC would assume responsibility for operating and maintaining I-80, paying annual lease payments to PennDOT. To recover the costs of the lease payments, the PTC would install tolls on the interstate. A large percentage of the money paid to PennDOT would be diverted away from I-80, however, to fund transit projects in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Click here to read NATSO’s latest Action Alert. The alert requests you call the Department of Transportation at (202) 366-4570 and make your voice heard.
