Make Your Voice Be Heard!

The best letter is one from your heart, one that tells in your own words how tolling Interstate 80 will affect your life and your business. Some points you may want to make in your letter include items listed on "The Facts" section of this website.

Key Contacts

Governor Edward G. Rendell's Office
225 Main Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
(717) 787-2500

(Governor Rendell signed the legislation creating Act 44 and authorizing the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to seek federal permission to toll Interstate 80. He would also have to approve any bill that would repeal Act 44.)

Sample Letter to Governor Rendell:

Hon. Joseph Markosek, Chairman
House Transportation Committee
32 East Wing
Harrisburg PA 17120-2025
(717) 783-1012
jmarkose@pahouse.net

(Representative Markosek is Chairman of the Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee. Any legislation that would repeal Act 44 would have to first be approved by his committee before it could be voted on by the entire House of Representatives.)

Sample Letter to Chairman Markosek:

Senator Roger A. Madigan
Senate Box 203023
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3023
rmadigan@pasen.gov

(Senator Madigan is Chairman of the Pennsylvania Senate Transportation Committee. Any legislation that would repeal Act 44 would have to first be approved by his committee before it could be voted on by the entire Senate

Hon. Scott Hutchinson
41B East Wing
Harrisburg PA 17120-2064
(717) 783-8188
shutchin@pahousegop.com

Hon. Fred McIlhattan
415 Irvis Office Building
House Box 202063
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2063
(717) 772-9908
fmcilhat@pahousegop.com

(Representatives Hutchinson and McIlhattan are sponsors of House Bill 1878, legislation that would repeal Act 44 and stop the tolling of Interstate 80.)

To find your representative in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, visit:
http://www.house.state.pa.us/index.cfm

To find your senator in the Pennsylvania Senate, visit: http://www.pasen.gov/index.cfm.

Federal Contacts

Mary E. Peters, Secretary
United States Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20590

(Ms. Peters is Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. The Turnpike Commission cannot add tolls to Interstate 80 without approval from the United States Department of Transportation.)

Sample Letter to Secretary Peters:

Senator Arlen Specter
17 South Park Row
Federal Building, Suite B-120
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: 814-453-3010
Fax: 814-455-9925

Senator Bob Casey
17 South Park Row, Suite B-150
Erie, PA 16501
Phone: (814) 874-5080
Fax: (814) 874-5084

(Senators Specter and Casey represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.)

Congressman John E. Peterson
127 West Spring Street, Suite C
Titusville, PA 16354
Phone: 814-827-3985

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4304
Phone: 202-224-5922

(Congressman Peterson represents Pennsylvania's Fifth District and is an outspoken critic of the plan to add tolls to Interstate 80. Senator Hutchison is from Texas. The two are working together on legislation that would prohibit states from tolling existing Interstate highways already paid for with taxpayer money.)

To find your representative in the United States House of Representatives, visit:
http://www.house.gov

To find your senators in the United States Senate, visit:
http://www.senate.gov.