Fixing the Conchester

We're using our editorial page today to do something we don't always do.

Remember that controversial $2.7 billion transportation package passed by the state Legislature last November. I lot of people ripped it - and Gov. Tom Corbett, who was pushing for it - as a hidden tax hike, boosting the cost of gas at the pump.

Guess what?

It was the right thing to do.

Case in point? The measure will fund the long-delayed reconstruction of Route 322, which over the years has richly earned the grisly moniker "Killer Conchester."

Here's our editorial.

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