(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 2015)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The bill for the pope’s visit has come in for SEPTA, the city’s transportation agency. The cost of equipment and materials for the festivities that culminated last weekend with Pope Francis’ Philadelphia visit came to $1.6 million, said Richard Burnfield, SEPTA’s chief financial officer. The sum includes the cost of port-a-potties, chain-link fence dividers, barricades, planning and a host of other expenses specific to the World Meeting of Families. The agency had budgeted for several hundred thousand dollars, far less than the final cost, he said.
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