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I-80 toll conversion speeds on

Source: By Joe Grata, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA), Friday, October 12, 2007


Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission officials are to formally sign a landmark lease no later than Monday to convert Interstate 80 into a toll road.

The 50-year agreement is designed to create what they call a unique "public-public partnership" to generate a total of $116 billion.