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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett recently signed an executive order creating a Transportation Funding Advisory Commission charged with developing solutions to the state’s mounting transportation funding challenges. The commission will be led by Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch.

“We need a comprehensive, strategic blueprint for how we pay for years of underinvestment in our roads, bridges and mass transit systems,” said Corbett in a prepared statement. “The time has come to put a financial plan in place that not only addresses our transportation needs, but also takes into account our nation’s energy objectives and realities.”

The commission, which must provide recommendations by Aug. 1, held its first meeting April 25. The 35-member commission includes J. Randolph Cheetham of CSX Transportation, Mike Fesen of Norfolk Southern Railway, Kevin Johnson of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Jeff Stover of the SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority.