(The Center Square) – At the eleventh hour, Gov. Josh Shapiro said he found extra money for the state’s largest mass transit system in Philadelphia and its suburbs.

(The Center Square) – At the eleventh hour, Gov. Josh Shapiro said he found extra money for the state’s largest mass transit system in Philadelphia and its suburbs.

The governor said Friday that PennDOT will flex $153 million from federal highway capital funds, a move he says will not compromise any projects already underway. This should hold the transit system over until July 1, at which point he expects the legislature to have come up with a longer-term solution.

Even with additional funding, SEPTA will have to face changes ahead: a 7.5% increase was already approved and expected to take effect Dec. 1st of this year.

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