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February 23, 2017 | ||
Chairman Sean Logan Steps Down from PA Turnpike Post |
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PA Turnpike Chairman Sean Logan of Plum, PA, announced today that he is resigning from his Turnpike position to pursue other public-service opportunities, effective immediately. “It is with mixed emotions that I step down from the PA Turnpike Commission, as I have come to know and respect my fellow commissioners and the entire senior-staff team. I've also had the privilege of meeting many of the folks who make the Turnpike run day in and day out: our toll collectors and maintenance workers,” Logan said. “Still, public service remains in my heart, and I am pursuing an amazing opportunity that allows me to continue to expand my involvement in this area.” Logan, who is executive director and CEO of Visit Monroeville, was first appointed to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in July, 2013 and named chairman in January, 2015. During his chairmanship, Logan ensured that the commission remained focused on its core duties: operating more efficiently, investing in rebuilding and expanding its system and managing its Act-44 funding obligations to PennDOT. He helped steer the Turnpike through a pair of significant, national-headline-grabbing events in 2016: a blizzard that stranded hundreds of motorists on the Turnpike in the Allegheny Mountains in January followed by an armed-robbery attempt at the Fort Littleton Interchange in March that ended in the killing of a toll collector and a security contractor — as well as the death of the offender. Several key milestones accomplished doing Logan's chairmanship include:
In the coming weeks, Gov. Wolf expects to nominate a new Turnpike commissioner to fill the vacancy on the five-member panel. That nominee must be confirmed by at least a two-thirds majority of the state senate. |
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CONTACT: | Carl DeFebo Phone: 717.831.7176 |
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