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Last Updated on Thursday, 6 March 2008 02:15 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 6 March 2008 02:15
More tollbooths?
HARRISBURG — Cool to Gov. Ed Rendell’s own proposals, fellow Democrats in the Legislature are searching for alternatives to boost state spending on highways and mass transit before the new fiscal year begins in three weeks.
The options being floated include borrowing money, adding tollbooths to Interstate 80, raising tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and increasing taxes and fees that already support highways, such as driver registrations or fuel sales.
“I think there’s some innovative ways we could do things that could help us through this period of time,” said Sen. Robert J. Mellow, the Senate Democratic leader from Lackawanna County.