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For Immediate
Release
4/7/08
Contact:
Craig Shuey
(717) 787-3280
Senate Panel to Hear Testimony on Bill
Authorizing Public-Private Transportation Partnerships in PA
The Senate Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing on proposed
legislation that would allow the Commonwealth and regional transportation
authorities to enter into public private partnerships to fund transportation
maintenance and improvement projects, according to Committee Chairman Senator
Roger Madigan (R-Bradford).
The hearing will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, in
Senate Hearing Room #1 pm the North Office Building.
Senate Bill 1158 authorizes the State Transportation Commission, or other
regional transportation authorities, to enter into agreements with private
sector partners to construct, reconstruct, operate or maintain transportation
facilities. This can include express lanes on existing highways, new or
expanded bridges, transit facilities and other transportation improvements.
Madigan said senators will seek input on the structure of successful public
private partnerships in other states.
"We are hoping to shape the legislation to ensure that we create an
authorizing statute that attracts private capital to PA infrastructure
development," Madigan said. "Many of these projects are not only important from
an economic standpoint but will have environmental benefits as well."
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