PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
I-95 to eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike and westbound Turnpike to southbound I-95 . With these contracts in production , PTC expects to have I-95 fully connected from Maine to Florida by 2018 .
These projects are ambitious — the reconstruction program alone accounts for half of the commission ’ s yearly budget — but the benefits of these updates and upgrades promise to be massive .
“ By adding additional capacity we ’ ll be able to better able to maintain the roadway , and by bringing it up to criteria it will be safer ,” Heigel explained . “ We ’ re really excited . Everyone knows the areas of the turnpike we ’ ve rebuilt and widened , and it ’ s a much different driving experience than on a facility that was built 75 years ago . That ’ s definitely at the forefront of our daily initiatives here at the Turnpike .”
Planning for the future While the PTC is busy with current projects , the commission is always looking ahead to new projects in the future . One major project on the horizon is actually an extension
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