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Turnpike lease looks good on paper

Source: By Tom Barnes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA), Tuesday, May 22, 2007


Advisers to Gov. Ed Rendell say the state could rake in up to $18 billion by leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike to a private operator for 30 years, which in turn could produce funding for fixing miles of roads and hundreds of bridges and even generate enough money to bail out mass transit agencies.