Article: Pittsburgh-Area Turnpike Project Called 'Black Hole' for Tax Dollars.

By Tim Darragh, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 19--Among southwestern Pennsylvania's rolling hills and winding river valleys lies a partially built highway that stands as Exhibit A in the Pennsylvania Turnpike's multibillion-dollar, 18-year-long spending spree.

With construction costs doubling and a mountain of debt piling up, the Mon-Fayette Expressway and its companion, the Southern Beltway -- the second-most expensive road-building project in the country after Boston's infamous "Big Dig" -- have become defining symbols for a spendthrift Turnpike Commission and a reckless state Legislature.

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