Townships File Lawsuit To Stop Tolling Of I-79 Bridge

November 12, 2021 3:48 am

State Representative Jason Ortitay held a press conference to announce that he is fully supporting a law suit being filed by the townships of South Fayette and Collier and the Borough of Bridgeville in an effort to halt the proposed tolling of the bridge on Interstate 79 near the Bridgeville exit. Ortitay says that the procedures spelled out in Act 88 of 2012 to properly impose those tolls were not followed. State Senator Devlin Robinson states that the tolls will be in place in 2023, several years before construction on the bridge begins and there is no plan to stop collecting tolls. South Fayette Township Commissioner President Gwen Rodi says that the tolls would be an extra financial burden on citizens stating that the round trip fee for one car into Pittsburgh would be $1000 per year. She also states that those tolls could possibly kill an already growing financial boom to the township. The law suit was filed in Commonwealth Court Thursday morning.