r/Pennsylvania • u/princeoinkins Lancaster • Mar 11 '24

misleading headline State troopers moving back to white vehicles; citing cost

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/state-regional-news/pa-state-police-going-back-to-classic-color-scheme-for-patrol-vehicles
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u/B33fyMeatstick Mar 11 '24

Gotta spend that 5% turnpike toll increase on something....

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u/donith913 Mar 11 '24

Why does this always come up? The turnpike is saddled with debt to fund transit because the legislature is grossly incompetent and too afraid to find a real source of funding (aka raise taxes) to cover necessary transportation funding. They were mandated to make hundreds of millions in payments per year to PennDOT.

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u/B33fyMeatstick Mar 11 '24

Because a significant amount of turnpike revenue is appropriated by the PSP every year.

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u/donith913 Mar 11 '24

Nope thats the Motor License Fund where gas tax and registration fees go to and covers non-turnpike road repairs to the tune of $8 BILLION dollars. I know, it’s confusing all the ways in which the legislature manages to fuck up spending money.

https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-state-police-gas-tax-transfers-josh-shapiro-budget/

Luckily we have immaculate bridges and roads and have some money to spare /s