Candidate For Governor Visits Washington County

March 17, 2022 3:14 am

State Senator and President Pro Tempore Jake Corman stopped by in Washington and Canonsburg to push his plan to help Pennsylvania drivers save some money by cutting the state’s gas tax. Corman’s proposal would slice about half of the gas tax if it were implemented. His idea has State Police funding being removed from the gas tax funds, having PennDot float a $650 million bond and using $500 million of pandemic relief funds to achieve that goal. Corman states that this is a temporary solution that would last until the end of the year but it would bring some relief to Pennsylvania motorists. On the subject of tolling nine bridges across Pennsylvania, Corman calls that decision wrong and hopes to have legislation proposed by the end of the month to block any proposal to toll those bridges.