Funding Crisis

PA Response – Act 44

A User Fee Based Solution

• Passed by legislature in July 2007
• Authorized the PA Turnpike to lease I-80 from PennDOT for 50 years
• Allowed the PA Turnpike and PennDOT to jointly apply to the Federal Highway Administration under a tolling pilot program for the right to operate and toll I-80.

Funding Summary

If I-80 is tolled, Act 44 will provide:

• $1 billion average per year over the next 12 years
• $10 billion to reconstruct & rehabilitate Interstate 80
• $83.3 billion over 50 years paid to PennDOT

PA’s Self-Funded Interstates

Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Projects:
Tolling Existing Lanes

* Authorized through the following federal legislation: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998); and Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users.