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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...

Restrictions Remain in Place on Interstates 79, 90 in Northwest Pa. HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At 9 a.m., PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) lifted the speed-limit and vehicle restrictions that were in place on roadways in eastern and south central Pa., including the Delaware River Bridge and Fort Washington Interchange. Due to high wind speeds, a 45 mph speed limit remains on Interstate 90 in Erie County and Interstate 79 in Erie...

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...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9: AMERICA'S FIRST SUPERHIGHWAY Profile America -- Tuesday, October 9th. The first superhighway in America opened this month in 1940 -- the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The highway utilized roadbed and unfinished tunnels from an abandoned railroad project of the 1880s to make the...

Responds to CEO's letter citing short-term financial stability HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Auditor General Jack Wagner today issued to the public a letter he sent this week to Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Chief Executive Officer Roger E. Nutt, reiterating his belief that the turnpike's mounting debt posed a long-term threat to Pennsylvania motorists and taxpayers. Wagner's letter, which is available to the public at www.auditorgen.state.pa.us,...

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....

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection today announced a $1 million grant award to help develop electric vehicle infrastructure on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The grant recipient, Car Charging Group LLC, will install charging stations at 17 Turnpike service plazas. "Pennsylvania has been -- and will continue to be -- a nationwide leader on energy issues in all sectors," DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. "The...

Flooding, downed trees and mud slides causing multiple road closures and some gridlock HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- PennDOT and Pa. Turnpike Commission are strongly urging motorists to avoid all unnecessary travel in eastern Pennsylvania, including the area from Harrisburg north to the New York border, east to the New Jersey border and south to the Maryland border. Currently Interstate 80 is closed in both directions from Exits 232 to 236 and Interstate 81 is...