Latest Florida's Turnpike Stories
Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Executive Director, Florida's Turnpike EnterpriseMatthew Click, HNTB Corporation, Consultant to State Departments of TransportationPatrick D. Jones, Executive Director & CEO, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five years of high unemployment and a sluggish economy have cut deeply into state and local tax revenues, seriously compromising localities' ability to maintain and expand...
With Traditional Funding for Highways in Decline, "Priced Managed Lanes" Are Scaling Up Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Executive Director, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise Matthew Click, HNTB Corporation, Consultant to State Departments of Transportation Patrick D. Jones, Executive Director & CEO, International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association WASHINGTON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Five years of high unemployment and a sluggish economy have cut deeply into state...
Audit reveals six findings, offers 20 recommendations for improvement HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Auditor General Jack Wagner said that an audit released today of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has found that the turnpike's involvement in interest-rate swaps has cost Pennsylvania taxpayers and turnpike motorists at least $108.9 million. Wagner said the turnpike's strategy was to use the swaps to save money,...
MALVERN, Pa., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett spoke today at the official ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremony for the Pennsylvania Turnpike's new Route 29 all-electronic interchange. The ceremony took place outside Endo Health Solutions who chose their Pennsylvania expansion location partially due to this new access point. Located between the Turnpike's Downingtown exit (#312) and Valley Forge exit (#326), the new interchange will provide...
Liberal policy has cost more than $7 million in lost revenue HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Auditor General Jack Wagner said today that a liberal and inadequate policy gave 7,000 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission employees and vendors free rides on the turnpike between January 2007 and August 2011 that amounted to at least $7.7 million in lost toll revenue. Wagner said the estimate was based on information provided to the Department of the Auditor...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With tropical-force winds creating dangerous traveling conditions in the Philadelphia area, Governor Tom Corbett is closing the full length of Interstates 95 and 676; I-476 (non-toll portion); I-76 from the Pa. Turnpike to Passyunk Avenue and the U.S. Route 1 Extension in Philadelphia to all traffic except emergency vehicles from 7 p.m. through 2 a.m. The Governor reiterated that motorists should not travel during the storm...
The Florida Turnpike is installing the latest High Tension Cable Barriers System along the roadway to protect the public. Cloud 9 Services, Inc. an Orlando Pile Driving Contractor was selected to participate in installing new vehicular traffic barriers along Florida's Turnpike to increase traffic safety. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) August 20, 2012 Florida’s Department of Transportation and the Florida turnpike authority are enhancing the safety of the Florida's Turnpike. The pilot...
System will improve traffic flow and increase tolling efficiency. (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Telvent GIT, S.A., the leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that it has successfully completed an Open Road Tolling System (ORT) in coordination with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (Mobility Authority) on the new 183A Expressway Northern Extension. The ORT system, which utilizes Telvent’s SmartMobility™ tolling solution, is...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rather than consolidating local toll agencies in Florida's large urban areas with the Florida Turnpike, those agencies should be made independent of the Florida Department of Transportation so they can better meet local needs. That is the primary conclusion of a 51-page study released today by the Reason Foundation, a national nonprofit public policy think tank based in Los Angeles, California. "Florida has long been a national leader...
Calls on General Assembly to lift onerous Act 44 funding obligations HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Auditor General Jack Wagner warned today that Pennsylvania taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars of additional debt if the General Assembly does not soon amend or appeal Act 44 of 2007, which requires the Turnpike Commission to provide $450 million a year in infrastructure funding to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation....
