The Burlington County Bridge Commission runs the Tacony-Palmyra and Burlington-Bristol spans and Executive Director Joe Andl says they’ve taken a major hit.
“Revenues are down around 50%,” Andl told KYW Newsradio. “So for the month of April, we’re looking at that month year over year compared to 2019, we’ll have a shortfall of about $1.7 million.”
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And he doesn’t see much improvement in the short term.
“We’re estimating revenue to be short about the same amount in May,” Andl added, “and then potentially, if we’re back to 80% revenue for June through September, we’re looking to have a shortfall of about $8.2 million.”
20 of the commission’s 150-member work force has been laid off and Andl isn’t sure if they’ll be coming back. Discretionary spending has been frozen and non-critical road work has been put on hold.
He also won’t rule out additional budget cuts later in the year.