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U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment that would prohibit using federal money to place tolls on Interstate 80
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PA Congressmen Pushes to Halt Governor's Toll Plan 07/26/2007 WRTA Governor Ed Rendell’s plan to put toll booths on Interstate 80 will hit a major snag in Washington, if a central Pennsylvania Republican congressman gets his way. It was just last week that Governor Rendell signed state legislation to have Pennsylvania try to impose tolls on I-80 and spend $750 million this year on transportation projects and funds for cash-strapped mass transit systems. Now the U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment that would prohibit using federal money to place tolls on Interstate 80. Fifth District Republican Congressman John Peterson got the anti-toll provision added to a new Federal transportation bill. He claims the tolls are just a bailout for big city mass transit systems with rural areas bearing the financial burden. Peterson called the decision “terrible,” saying it would cause irreversible economic damage. And he says he’s concerned that the new tolls are falling under what he called a "bloated turnpike commission.” The largest stretch of Interstate 80 slices through the heart of Peterson’s congressional district. The final funding legislation must still be worked out in a House-Senate conference committee where it's uncertain whether the language will remain.
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