This article originally appeared on PlanPhilly.

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SEPTA’s state funding is hovering at a more than 10-year low due to a federal lawsuit that just won’t go away.

The transportation agency breathed a sigh of relief in early April when a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit which challenged the state’s use of Pennsylvania Turnpike toll revenue on public transportation and threatened hundreds of millions of dollar in annual transit funding.

But almost immediately the plaintiffs, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Inc., a group representing professional truck drivers and motorists, filed an appeal. The move reopened the possibility that the state would have to return $6 billion in toll revenue and forced the state to continue a freeze on state spending.

That turnpike-generated income accounts for almost a third of SEPTA’s $750 million capital budget. To date, the lawsuit has reduced SEPTA’s budget by $250 million and stopped 35 construction projects from moving forward.

Projects now on pause include station improvements, such as an overhaul of City Hall Station, the restoration of a number of Regional Rail bridges, and the restoration of service between Elwyn and Wawa, in Delaware County.

“We’re funding our core infrastructure projects, and vehicle procurements, but there’s many projects that we need to advance to bring our system back to a state of good repair that would be delayed until this funding issue is resolved,” Richard Burnfield, deputy general manager said Monday at a SEPTA budget hearing.

List of postponed projects: