HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania is making a new push to get federal approval for tolls on Interstate 80, the heavily used route that bisects the state from Ohio to New Jersey.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and state highway department submitted supplemental materials late yesterday to the Federal Highway Administration designed to answer questions about the financial structure of a proposal that has generated spirited opposition in the northern part of the state.

The agencies provided a consultant's analysis that the value of the transaction would be in line with recent highway leases elsewhere in North America. The proposal calls for PennDOT to lease the roadway to the turnpike, which would operate the tolls.

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