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Information, News Articles and Editorials regarding the leasing of the PTC

Act 44 has been passed and is now being challenged.
We are urging all members to continue to contact their Legislators and the Governor to let them know you are opposed to the sale/lease of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Also, with election time upon us, contact anyone you may be supporting for the House or Senate and let them know your position on this matter.
Find Your Legislator

House Transportation Committee hearings on the proposed long-term lease of the Pennsylvania Turnpike are scheduled for Thursday and Friday (June 26 & 27). Keep an eye out for updates on these hearings. 

LOCAL 77, PA CONFERENCE & IBT INFO

Petition Drive needs to continue - Turnpike lease not dead

Download the PA Conference of Teamsters Petition to stop the lease

Read the Secretary-Treasurer's letter about the petition

The PA Conference of Teamsters Rally in Harrisburg Pictures from April 29, 2008

PA Conference of Teamsters
Press Release

TEAMSTERS TAKE ACTION
Sign up for Teamsters Take Action on the Teamsters website to sign a petition against the leasing of the PA Turnpike

The TEAMSTER article on the Lobby Day at the Capitol

PennDRIVE Website

 

TURNPIKE'S WEBSITE INFO

straighttalk about leasing the PA Turnpike

 

NEWS ARTICLES AND EDITORIALS

Editorial: Highway Funding

Consortium's bid to lease Pa. turnpike expires with no deal

Teamsters present lawmakers with petitions opposing Turnpike lease

Pa. Turnpike lease appears stalled

Rendell hot as turnpike lease deal stuck in neutral

Roadblock to funding highways

Turnpike lease deal prospects look dim

Editorial: I-80 Tolls

U.S. rejects Pa.'s request for I-80 tolls

Feds bar tolls for Route 80

Should the state lease the PA Turnpike?

PhillyDeals: Feds nix new PA road tolls

Rep.: US Transportation Dept. rejecting I-80 tolls

US Transportation Dept. to reject I-80 tolls

US Transportation Dept. rejecting I-80 tolls

Editorial: No Turnpike Lease

Poll finds approval for Rendell, but not for Legislature

Editorial: Tolls on I-80 The most direct route

Why turnpike leasing remains unwise

Pa. submits revised plan for tolling I-80

State submits detailed I-80 toll request

Plan to Lease Turnpike is called dead

Proposed Turnpike Lease is DEAD

Transportation secretary backs toll, lease options

News from the General Assembly

Reject turnpike lease, experts say

The state's rosy scenarios

News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly - June 18, 2008

Legislator: Use welfare money to repair state bridges

Locals could go toll-free on I-80

Editorial: Leasing the Pa. Turnpike

Letters: Swami Rendell's turnpike magic

Rendell says vote unlikely on lease of turnpike

Turnpike lease numbers are too good to be true

Bid to lease Pa. Turnpike might shrink

Top Republican in Senate offers his plan to fund transportation

Spanish group bids $12.8 billion for turnpike lease

$2.1 million for lease advice goes to firm tied to Rendell

Hidden costs will make Turnpike deal a bad one

There are roadblocks to leasing the Turnpike

Issue One: Leasing the Turnpike

Teamsters rip turnpike leasing

Union Members Protest Plan to Lease Out the Pa. Turnpike

Private bidders sought to finish toll roads

Rendell's plan to lease turnpike unwise, study says

Report opposes turnpike lease plan

Turnpike's defenders go on offense

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