Post-Gazette: Turnpike lease stuck in committee [with my audio]
HARRISBURG — A deal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike “will not see the light of day,” vowed the chairman of the House Transportation Committee yesterday.
That would effectively kill Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to enter into a $12.8 billion, 75-year lease with a consortium comprising the Spanish multinational Abertis Infraestructuras SA and Citi Infrastructure Investors, a subsidiary of Citibank.
“There is no meaningful support among our committee members,” said committee Chairman Joseph F. Markosek, D-Monroeville. He said he has no intention of bringing it to a committee vote.
“I am putting a permanent hold on it. It will not see the light of day for as long as I am chairman.”
[audio http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/20080705_Markosek_Turnpike.mp3]
Hear some of Markosek’s comments above.
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Read the rest on Post-Gazette.com.
Hear Rendell’s response of Markosek’s comments:
[audio http://www.post-gazette.com/downloads/20080705_Rendell_Turnpike.mp3]
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