Pennsylvania Statutes Title 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges § 3509. Increased commerce on Delaware river; duty of commission

(a) The promotion of the navigable section of the Delaware River and Bay extending from Trenton, New Jersey, and Morrisville, Pennsylvania to the Atlantic Ocean as a highway of commerce;

(b) The making of recommendations to the proper authorities for the improvement of terminal, lighterage, wharfage, warehouse and other facilities, necessary for the promotion of commerce on the Delaware River;

(c) The making of a report on any other factors which may be of mutual benefit to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the State of New Jersey insofar as concerns the promotion of the development of ports along the Delaware River, and the use by commercial vessels of their facilities;

(d) The investigation of the necessity for additional means of communication between the Ports of Philadelphia, and Camden, and the sea, and making of such studies, surveys and estimates, as may be necessary to determine the feasibility and cost of any such additional means of communication;

(e) The conducting of an investigation for the purpose of formulating a specific plan and report relative to the need for and advisability of constructing additional tunnels or bridges across that section of the Delaware River extending from Trenton, New Jersey and Morrisville, Pennsylvania to the Delaware Bay;

(f) The exercising of any or all other lawful functions delegated to the Commission by the compact under which it operates pertaining to the development of port and transportation facilities.