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Fueling Transportation in Pennsylvania Frank Kempf, Chief Engineer Joe Brimmeier, CEO
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Turnpike Mainline Tolls will Increase in 2009 25% increase Effective January 4, 2009 Prior to Act 44, the Turnpike had planned a 25% toll increase in 2010 Effective January 2010 Projected 3% annual, inflation-sensitive increases Valley Forge Toll Plaza
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Most Common Passenger Vehicle Fares 20082009 (Cash) Average Vehicles per month $0.75$0.952,698,257 $1.50$1.901,550,767 $1.25$1.601,416,987 $1.00$1.251,185,877 $2.25$2.85843,696
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Most Common Commercial Vehicle Fares (Class 5*) 20082009 (Cash) Average Vehicles per month $6.25$7.8528,493 $15.25$19.1027,877 $2.00$2.5023,380 $2.25$2.8523,194 $4.25$5.3519,639 *Class 5 = 30,001 – 45,000 lbs.
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PA Turnpike Toll Calculator Provides Current and New Rates for all Trips For a complete list of all fares please visit www.paturnpike.com.
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Toll Increases Have Averaged Below the Average Annual Consumer Price Index Projected Toll Rates based on existing rate of 5.9 cents/mile with January 4, 2009 scheduled increase to 7.4 cents/mile, and annual increases of 3% thereafter. 2008 projected CPI based on average value from January to October of 2008. Projected CPI, 2009 to 2018, based on growth at historical annual growth rate from 1940 to 2008 of 4.11%. Historic Projected
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Comparison of Neighboring States Agency/FacilityPassenger Vehicle Cost/Mile 5-Axle Vehicle Cost/Mile Delaware Turnpike – JFK Memorial Highway 35.7¢80.4¢ Pocahontas Parkway (Richmond, VA)28.4¢62.5¢ Maryland Transportation Authority (JFK Memorial Highway) 11.9¢47.6¢ New York State Thruway – New England (I-95) 8.1¢49¢ PA Turnpike Mainline (2009 Rate)7.4¢25.2¢ New Jersey Turnpike Authority – New Jersey Turnpike 5.3¢19¢ Ohio Turnpike Commission – Ohio Turnpike 4.25¢9.95¢
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Other States Considering Toll Increases StateToll Road Proposed Increase MarylandJFK Memorial Highway70% increase New YorkNew York State Thruway (I-95)25% increase New JerseyNew Jersey Turnpike50% increase MaineEast-West Toll Road24% increase OhioOhio Turnpike48% increase West VirginiaWest Virginia Turnpike40% increase MassachusettsMassachusetts Turnpike100% increase
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Supplemental Transportation Funding Revenue is flowing: Turnpike payments to PennDOT total $1.2 billion to date Pennsylvania is fixing its roads, bridges and is funding mass transit Wall Street is receptive: Turnpike Ratings are strong (Aa3/A+/A+ on senior; A2/A- on subordinate for Act 44) Act 44 ensures the public maintains control of critical infrastructure and pricing rights on the 500+ mile PA Turnpike system
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Mainline Improvements Since 2004 - $1.2 Billion 32 miles of roadway widening reconstruction; $400 million 173 miles of roadway resurfaced; $208 million 85 bridges replaced, 30 bridges rehabilitated; $490 million 4 interchanges reconstructed Toll increases allow the Turnpike to reinvest more into the highway Allegheny River Bridge Susquehanna River Bridge
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Capital Spending Growth
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Unprecedented 10-Year Capital Plan (2009-2018)
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Capital Plan – Highways and Bridges 2009 & 2010 Highlights Even with Act 44, the Turnpike will continue its aggressive capital spending Enable major projects across the commonwealth Nine projects each totaling $100 - $300 million
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Capital Plan – Highways and Bridges Upcoming Projects Roadway reconstruction & bridge replacement MP 67-75 (Irwin to New Stanton) MP 31-38 (Warrendale to Butler Valley) MP 200-226 (Blue Mountain Tunnel to Carlisle) Lehigh River & Pohopoco Creek Bridges, NE Extension NE Extension A20-A30 (Mid-County to Lansdale) MP 312-326 (Downingtown to Valley Forge) with new SR 29 interchange Curve realignment east of Blue Mountain Tunnel 53 miles of blacktop resurfacing at various locations Various projects to replace, rehabilitate and eliminate bridges
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Act 44 of 2007 Through Act 44 the PTC will transfer to PennDOT $2.5 billion in new transportation funding over a three-year period: 2007-2008 provided $750 million 2008-2009 will provide $850 million 2009-2010 will provide $900 million
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Off-Turnpike Funding Allotment Mandated by Act 44
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Act 44 Generates $2.5 Billion Between Fiscal Years 2007/08 and 2009/10 SR 28 Etna Bridges Construction; $20.2 million (Allegheny County) SR 222 Lititz Pike Bridge; $28.9 million (Lancaster County) SR 676 Vine Street Expressway Bridges; $29.5 million (Philadelphia County) SR 28 Etna Bridge SR 676 Vine Street Expressway Bridges Highlight PennDOT Projects A complete list of Act 44 projects by county is available in the online media kit.
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PA Turnpike Toll Calculator Provides Current and New Rates for all Trips For a complete list of all fares please visit www.paturnpike.com.
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CEO Brimmeier: Broader Turnpike Mission The Turnpike’s mission has changed. Under Act 44 of 2007, the Turnpike for the first time is supplying billions in new funding for statewide road and bridge projects and mass-transit agencies. Act 44 forged a unique Public-Public Partnership between the Turnpike and PennDOT which is now serving as a national model — a creative alternative for the many other states confronting infrastructure-funding challenges similar to Pennsylvania’s. Through Act 44, the Turnpike will provide $2.5 billion in supplemental transportation funding between August 2007 and May 2010. No state has generated anywhere near this level of new funding. As a result, income from this toll increase isn’t only going back into our toll roads, but for the first time funding infrastructure improvements in every county in Pennsylvania.
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CEO Brimmeier: Broader Turnpike Mission (cont.) Toll-increase proceeds are mainly earmarked for non-Turnpike projects. Although funds will mostly be used by PennDOT, we will continue our intense investment in rebuilding our 545-miles of toll roads. The Turnpike originally planned to implement a toll increase in January 2010. Now, our new Act 44 responsibilities dictate that the increase is needed one year earlier. As a result of the Jan. 4, 2009 toll increase, projected annual gross toll revenue will increase from $619.2 in 2008 to approximately $738.4 million in 2010. This is only the sixth increase in 68 years since the Turnpike opened. The prior increase in August 2004 was allotted to rebuild the Turnpike. We promised every dime would go into the road. Consequently, we invested $1.2 billion since then, reconstructing 32 miles of toll road, resurfacing 173 miles and replacing 85 bridges.
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CEO Brimmeier: Broader Turnpike Mission (cont.) Taken together, the Turnpike’s capital spending and Act 44 payments represent a major investment in Pennsylvania’s transportation systems. Our $4.6 billion Capital Plan and a minimum of $5.7 billion in Act 44 contributions signify an infusion of more than $10 billion to the state’s economy in 10 years. Because of this, we can begin to address a well-documented transportation funding shortfall while providing new jobs. Industry experts estimate that every $1 billion in new highway funding results in the creation of around 32,000 jobs. We’re rebuilding the Turnpike. We’re helping PennDOT and local governments reconstruct roads and bridges. We’re supplying critically needed jobs to thousands of Pennsylvanians. To meet our responsibility to support transportation statewide, from here forward we will implement automatic annual increases instead of the infrequent adjustments as in the past. Turnpike tolls will go up each year starting in January 2010 — projected to be approximately three percent annually.
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