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Saturday, July 05, 2008 --- 56 days ago http://www.standard-journal.com/news/x1743988486/Lawmaker-Proposed-turnpike-leas
| HARRISBURG — The chairman of the state House Transportation Committee said Friday that Gov. Ed Rendell’s plan to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike — in what would be the nation’s largest infrastructure deal — is essentially dead. Rep. Joseph Markosek, D-Allegheny, said legislation that would authorize the proposed $12.8 billion lease will not get a vote in the committee he heads or on the House floor. Markosek said there is very little support for the deal in the House and he believes it is time to focus on other aspects of state transportation policy. “We’ve had extensive hearings,” he said. “The majority of members of the committee are dead set against the lease.” The Transportation Committee’s ranking Republican, Rendell’s office and the group that submitted the $12.8 billion bid all indicated they remained undaunted and hoped the Legislature would continue to examine the offer. “We’re certainly disappointed in the chairman’s point of view, but we would hope that after an opportunity to debate the pros and cons of the issue, the Legislature will choose to consider the proposal in its fall session,” Rendell spokesman Chuck Ardo said. But Markosek called it a bad financial deal that will not be worth pursuing even if the federal government does not give its approval to adding tolls to Interstate 80 under a law passed last summer. “This is such an insufficient financial deal that even if we desperately need the money, this wouldn’t be the ... |
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