Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Walsh/Granite JV

DISSENTING OPINION BY

JUDGE McCullough

I respectfully, dissent from the Majority’s thoughtful resolution of the narrow issue presented on appeal: whether section 9111 of the Public-Private Transportation Partnership Law (P3 Law),1 74 Pa.C.S. § 9111,2 exempts from disclosure the proposals of unsuccessful bidders made in *432connection with a bridge project, after the Department of Transportation (Department) awarded the contract. The Majority concludes that section 9111 shields this information from public inspection.

The objective of the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL)3 “is to empower citizens by affording…