we hah>t'ri, antd ojele but tt traffic volume is light. le ectatic. word is slowly getting a round it's reopened. and as that happens more and more vehicles are flowing southbound here on 495. here now the view from chopper6hd as deldot trucks slowly led the southbound procession reopening vital artery here in the diamond state. you could almost hear motorists shouting hallelujah. they were honking their homes joyous that this link in delaware and northeast corridor is reopened off a summer of detours and stalled traffic. it was closed since june after it was detected that the bridge was dangerously tilting. federal officials soon determined a large pile of dirt dumped near bridge was blamed

for damage to several support columns. 4800 foot bridge carries 90,000 vehicles a day. it was vitally foreign get this reopened as soon as possible. here's delaware secretary of transportation shaylynn watts on reopening of southbound lanes. >> on june second we were sitting here talking about the closure. i don't know any other team could have got 32 holes dug, filled it with concrete and jacked the bridge back within 60 days to get lanes opened this quickly. >> meanwhile the northbound lanes remain shut down as work on the support columns continues there. officials say if all goes well northbound lanes could reopen in about two weeks and for sure by labor day september 1. officials also noted southbound lanes could be closed briefly fortuneups aunt bridge tweingted thoroughly and deemed safe. it's cause for jubilation fora

lot of us who depend on 495. with that, jim, we'll throw it back you to. live in wilmington, delaware. >> thank you, dann. perhaps for a vote next week on a cigarette tax for philadelphia school funding have gone up in a puff of smoke. republican leaders and the house say there will be no vote until september and there is a question whether philadelphia schools can now open on time. live outside school district headquarters in spring guard anyone philadelphia and "action news" reporter sarah bloomquist, sarah why the postponement in harrisburg today? >> well, jim sounds like this bill didn't have the votes to pass. lawmakers didn't think it made sense for house to reconvene next week. superintendent william hite is imploring them to reconsider to return to harrisburg and pass cigarette tax and fund this city cool. >> that's devastating news for the children of philadelphia. >> the news came from harrisburg

this afternoon. the republican controlled house decided to cancel monday's vote on a new cigarette tax for philadelphia. the bill would authorize a $per pack tax to generate approximately 45 million dollars in first fiscal year. the district has 81 million dollar budget short fall and without the money from cigarette tax layoff notices are set to go out to 1300 employees on august 15. >> i'm annoyed. dispointed, and frustrated and frustrated because we're at a point two weeks before we have to make decisions operational decisions to educate children. we're trying to educate children. >> the house will return at the end of scheduled summer break. september 15. lawmakers said in the meantime, they're urging governor corbett to advance the district the funds it needs to open open time. hixt te said they're talking about a cash advance and that won't. >> that provides money already

coming to us later in the year earlier in the year doesn't do anything to resolve 81 million dollar budget deficit. >> and in a statement this afternoon philadelphia mayor nutter and city council president darrell clarke said they, too are devastated that the house won't vote on the cigarette tax next week. they join superintendent height urging them to reconsider and vote before august 16. i'm sarah bloomquist, "channel 6 action news," jim. >> thank you, sarah. two men were charged today with milking ben dot out of millions of dollars. contractor tan nuan owners of vtec services allegedly falsified records to say he had done roadside maintenance that never happened and he's accused of bribe be penndot inexpect tore robert slammon. if convicted they could spend

years behind bars. >> a 3,000 reward is offered to track down the gunman in a shooting that injured a 13-year-old girl in sicklerville. tya hudson was sleeping when a stray bullet came through her home. she was hit in the back and is now recovering. a woman in another home on the same block was cut by broken glass when bullets flew through her bedroom. >> centers for disease control are warning americans not to travel to three west african countries where ebola virus claimed 700 lives this year. liberia. guinea and siera lyon. 57 new deaths have been reported in just recent days. "action news" reporter eva pilgrim is live at the hospital of the university of pennsylvania eva what is the leave of the concern of the virus coming to united states.

>> infectious disease doctors are not concerned ft. virus comes here to the united states. we have not seen any cases of it here in philadelphia or the u.s. for that matter. but families in our area are upset because they have family and friends overseas. >> family living in liberia i spoke with them this morning. >> everybody is afraid they don't know what to do. >> here at the water site market and southwest philadelphia everyone this it store is in the heart of liberian community here me philadelphia. >> most people like have whole family back home and it's really scary. >> no one wants to know who has the sickness. everybody is not taking precaution. >> and precaution is key. dr. neil fishmanen fek ious disease doctor at the university of pennsylvania said ebola is

difficult to spread. >> you won't get this disease by sitting next to somebody on the bus. or on the subway or walking past them open the street. >> dr. fisherman says hospitals here in the u.s. have built in protocols for things like ebola because of that an outbreak here is highly unlikely. >> you need to have contact with blood or body fluids in order to spread the disease. >> the c. it c warned of a travel alert. for now, those with family and friends in those countries can only hope and wait. >> all we can do right now all we can do now is keep ourselves straight. >> several churches in the area have planned for a group prayer service. that service will be on sunday at p.m. at the church of the living god. that's 61st and wood land about 1,000 people are expected to go

to that church in southwest philadelphia. we're live university city area eva pilgrim "channel 6 action news."" >> thank you, eva. "world news" with diane sawyer will have continuing coverage ever the ebola outbreak. that is next on channel 6. and coming up on "action news" tonight the largest free music festival is about to get underway. we'll have a preview of this year's musikfest and the trade deadline in baseball comes and goes. jeff skversky is traveling with the philliess. the big question, did the phillies make a deal? we'll find out. cecily. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan showing moisture building to the south. and this will put a big damper on part of the weekend. i'll have the latest in the timing on the accu wairming forecast. >> those stories and and much core continue with "action news" >> those stories and and much core continue with "action news" tonight.

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