Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

On today’s episode of The Confluence: A report from the state auditor general on the performance of the Turnpike Commission says uncollected tolls and challenges to raising tolls have created an “unsustainable situation”; state lawmakers spent $3 million on outside law firms to help the caucuses prepare redistricted maps; and a conversation about a new production debuting next week in Pittsburgh featuring several Ukrainian refugee artists, and produced by a Pittsburgh native. Today’s guests include: Timothy DeFoor, Pennsylvania auditor general; Kate Huangpu, government reporter for Spotlight PA; and Audrey Rose Dégez, producing director and performer, and Yuliia Linnik, performer and public relations manager, with the Slovo Theatre Group.

On today’s program: The state’s Turnpike Commission votes in public, but a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation found its meetings last, on average, 12 minutes with little discussion among commissioners, which frustrates some state legislators; while COVID-19 vaccinations are more accessible than ever, language barriers still create difficulties; and the Penguins are in the first round of playoffs, and will compete against the New York Islanders tonight.

The transition to an all-electronic tolling system has been nearly a decade in the making; the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission first commissioned a…

The state's fiscal watchdog is warning the Pennsylvania Turnpike is on a "road to ruin" unless lawmakers intervene.In his latest review of the Turnpike…

Transit agencies across the state are facing budget shortfalls because of pending litigation against a state agency. Each year, the Pennsylvania Turnpike…

A new toll increase on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will go into effect Jan. 7, continuing a 10-year streak of price hikes.The Pennsylvania Turnpike…

After the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, or SPC, tabled the four-lane toll road extension of the Mon-Fayette Expressway in March to gather more…

A retired Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission worker says executive-level managers are "out of touch" and that "jobs/promotions are filled by the…

A national transportation research group has estimated that completion of the 14-mile stretch of the Mon-Fayette expressway and the extension of the…

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is in the midst of a series of “open house” meetings regarding the latest revisions of a plan to build a major toll…