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Route 422 Toll Plan Officially Dead, At Least For Now

The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission acknowledged Tuesday it could not, and would not try, to go further with its proposal to toll U.S. Route 422. There was just too much public and political opposition, its executive director said.

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Lawmakers, Editorials Press On Transportation Funding

Outside pressure seems to be building for Gov. Tom Corbett to say whether he will act on a special commission’s recommendations to increase transportation funding in Pennsylvania. One proposal so far deemed dead-on-arrival?: tolling U.S. Route 422.

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Candidates Criticize DVRPC Toll Info Position

Two Republicans running to become Montgomery County commissioners said regional planners should publicly release information they’ve collected on rail service ridership related to its proposal to establish tolls on U.S. Route 422.

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On 422 Toll Plan, DVRPC Fights Information Requests

With Video. The agency responsible for proposing the imposition of vehicle tolls on U.S. Route 422 to pay for improvements there is blocking right-to-know requests for information used in creating its plans.

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Notebook Worthy (U.S. Route 422 Forum Edition)

From a reporter’s notebook, and his camera, out-takes of interest from this week’s forum in Royersford about tolling U.S. Route 422.

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Agendas Abound Tonight At 422 Forum In Royersford

People on both sides of the U.S. Route 422 tolling debate are expected to show up tonight at 7 at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford for state Rep. Tom Quigley’s sponsored forum on the topic.

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Quigley Seeks Crowd As Source Of Comments On 422

The state representative elected to serve Lower Pottsgrove, Limerick and Pottstown will hold a mid-September forum in Royersford to gauge public reaction to a proposal that would impose tolls on part of U.S. Route 422.

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County Candidates Brown, Castor Oppose 422 Tolling

Two Republican candidates running to become Montgomery County commissioners, Bruce Castor and Jenny Brown, on Wednesday said they oppose tolling on U.S. Route 422.

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Cover of the 422 Master Plan Summary Report

Last Day For Your Say On Route 422 Draft

PHILADELPHIA PA – Today (Monday, Nov. 30, 2009) is the last day available for public comment on the draft executive summary of a report likely to affect the future of the 25-mile-long U.S. Route 422 corridor between King of Prussia PA and Reading PA, and its tens of thousands of residents. Read the 66-page draft [...]

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Isolating Report's Look At Lower Pottsgrove

PHILADELPHIA PA – Based on facts cited, statistics compiled, and evidence mounted, the authors of a “U.S. 422 Corridor Master Plan Summary Report” conclude the current pace of development along the four-lane limited-access highway between King of Prussia PA and Reading PA is unsustainable at best, and dangerous at worst. Read a companion story titled [...]

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