Congressman Guy Reschenthaler Wants To Cut PennDOT's Federal Funding If It Tolls Certain Highways

By Jon Delano, CBS Pittsburgh

July 21, 2021

A local congressman says if PennDOT goes ahead with tolling certain bridges on the interstate highways, the federal government should withhold federal funding for that interstate. Other officials think that goes too far.

U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, a Peters Republican, says he knows how to stop PennDOT’s plan to let private companies toll certain bridges: cut off the check PennDOT gets from the feds.

“If they tolled a road or bridge that is not currently tolled, they wouldn’t get federal funds for those roads or bridges,” Reschenthaler told KDKA political editor Jon Delano on Tuesday.

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