Tom Warne Report, 28 October 2011
Transportation revenue in Pennsylvania may get a boost with a senior Republican legislator’s plans to propose legislation that would raise about $2.5 billion for road projects across the state. Republican Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Jake Corman announced on Oct. 19 that he intends to unveil a legislation package to implement many recommendations that resulted from a governor-appointed task force to address transportation funding problems on the state’s crumbling roads. He said state residents are already paying for the state’s damaged and neglected road system.
“Factoring in vehicle damage, time loss due to degraded or overcrowded roadways, and reduced options to effectively and efficiently move products,” Corman said in a statement, transportation users “continue to pay more and get nothing in return for an overstressed system.”
Gov. Tom Corbett received the final report from the Transportation Funding Advisory Commission about three months ago. The report contains recommendations to generate nearly $2.7 billion in new road funding over five years.