Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that he will divert more than $150 million in federal highway funding to provide a one-time injection into SEPTA.
Gov. Josh Shapiro said that he will divert more than $150 million in federal highway funding to provide a one-time injection of cash into SEPTA to help it avoid near-term service cutbacks and delay fare increases.
Shapiro, a Democrat, said the $153 million can help SEPTA avoid service cuts and steeper fare increases until he can come to an agreement on a wider transportation funding deal with state lawmakers. The nation's sixth-largest mass transit system, SEPTA is facing an annual structural budget deficit of $240 million.Shapiro said shifting the federal highway funding won't jeopardize or stop any ongoing highway projects.
SEPTA lost out on about $161 million when the Republican-controlled state Senate didn't go along with Shapiro's proposal for $283 million in new state aid to public transit. Instead, lawmakers approved a one-time payment to the state trust fund for transit systems, of which SEPTA got $46 million.
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