Lackawanna County pulls out of proposed LCTA/COLTS consolidation talks

Eric Mark, The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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Apr. 15—Lackawanna County Commissioners have pulled out of a bi-county committee with Luzerne County officials that was set to explore a potential consolidation of the transit agencies of the two counties.

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