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HARRISBURG - A legislative impasse over a transportation funding bill is the catalyst for the state Department of Transportation's announcement Aug. 22 that about 1,000 structurally deficient state and local bridges will be posted with weight restrictions or have increased restrictions.
The average motorist driving a 1.5-ton vehicle isn't likely to be affected, but drivers of delivery trucks, ambulances, firetrucks and tractor-trailers, which can weigh up to 40 tons, will be, said Mr. Schoch.
Indirectly, motorists will feel the impact with increased traffic congestion as truck drivers change routes and the cost of consumer goods carried by trucks going up, Mr. Schoch said.
A bill approved by the Senate on a bipartisan vote would generate up to $2.5 billion annually for road and bridge work within five years by lifting the cap on a state wholesale tax on gasoline within three years and increasing motorist fees and a surcharge for moving vehicle violations. Of that amount, $510 million would go under the Senate bill for mass transit agencies.
A bill approved by the House Transportation Committee would generate up to $2 billion for road and bridge work within five years by lifting the wholesale cap within five years. The bill would fund mass transit with a $1 increase in a tire tax, 3 percent vehicle lease fee and some transfers of fee revenue.
"If we don't deal with it, I'll be back next spring with a (new) list," Mr. Schoch said.
MORE: Pa. limits bridge traffic - News - The Citizen Standard
HARRISBURG - A legislative impasse over a transportation funding bill is the catalyst for the state Department of Transportation's announcement Aug. 22 that about 1,000 structurally deficient state and local bridges will be posted with weight restrictions or have increased restrictions.
The average motorist driving a 1.5-ton vehicle isn't likely to be affected, but drivers of delivery trucks, ambulances, firetrucks and tractor-trailers, which can weigh up to 40 tons, will be, said Mr. Schoch.
Indirectly, motorists will feel the impact with increased traffic congestion as truck drivers change routes and the cost of consumer goods carried by trucks going up, Mr. Schoch said.
A bill approved by the Senate on a bipartisan vote would generate up to $2.5 billion annually for road and bridge work within five years by lifting the cap on a state wholesale tax on gasoline within three years and increasing motorist fees and a surcharge for moving vehicle violations. Of that amount, $510 million would go under the Senate bill for mass transit agencies.
A bill approved by the House Transportation Committee would generate up to $2 billion for road and bridge work within five years by lifting the wholesale cap within five years. The bill would fund mass transit with a $1 increase in a tire tax, 3 percent vehicle lease fee and some transfers of fee revenue.
"If we don't deal with it, I'll be back next spring with a (new) list," Mr. Schoch said.
MORE: Pa. limits bridge traffic - News - The Citizen Standard
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