Pa. Auditor General To Audit Turnpike Commission

PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) - The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission approved a six percent toll increase earlier this week, partly to keep itself out of future financial trouble.

The toll increases, which will take effect next year, are to help cover debt payments that currently take up about a third of the Turnpike Commission's yearly budget.

This will be the ninth year in a row the rates go up, partly to pay PennDOT for road maintenance by way of a 2007 law that requires them to do so.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale on Thursday told KDKA Radio's James Garrity he will audit the Turnpike Commission.

"It's a system that is designed to fail if the turnpike debt isn't fixed," he said.

Listen to the full interview here:

DePasqaule said the audit will take place in the fall.

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