Video: Turnpike Lease Q&A

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 11, 2008

Video from yesterday’s luncheon on leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike is below (or click here) For additional information, our Policy Brief on the Turnpike lease is here (it…

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No toll limit

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 9, 2008

My letter to the editor in the Patriot News on Turnpike tolls under the lease vs. under Act 44: Charles Thompson’s May 25 article, “For drivers, it’s just…

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Lease opponents fail to offer all the facts

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 5, 2008

Here is my letter to the editor in the Post-Gazette (online only) on the oversight of key facts about Act 44 and a Turnpike Lease: Your May 28…

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Evans, Capelli to Introduce Lease Bill

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 5, 2008

State Rep. Dwight Evans (a Philadelphia Democrat) and Rep. Steven Capelli (a Williamsport-area Republican) will introduce a bill (HB 2593) to authorizing leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Paul Nussbaum reports in…

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Abolish the Turnpike Commission?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 3, 2008

Rock the Capital has a new report looking at the history, efficiency, and corruption of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, raising the question of whether there is any need for…

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Rendell tells PTC, “Stop Stalling!”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 3, 2008

Governor Rendell has called out the Turnpike Commission for stalling on resubmitting their I-80 tolling application.But noting that Governor Rendell also stated that it will be…

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New Website, Fact Sheet on PA Turnpike Lease

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 2, 2008

Pennsylvania Transportation Partners (the Abertis-Citi consortium that won the bid on the Turnpike lease) has a new website along with 12-page briefing book on the lease deal. On…

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Tolls a good way to fund roads

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 2, 2008

My letter to the editor in the Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times Online: The May 21 editorial on the Pennsylvania Turnpike lease calling Interstate80 drivers/rural…

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US Transportation Sec. Peters likes Turnpike lease deal

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 28, 2008

US Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters expressed support for the Pennsylvania Turnpike lease deal on the department’s blog. Toll Roads News has the coverage. Peters notes: “If the…

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