. It is hereby determined and declared as a matter of legislative finding:
Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to promote the safety and welfare of the inhabitants thereof by the creation of a body corporate and politic for each second class county, to be known as The Port Authority of (insert name of county), which shall exist and operate for the purposes contained in this act. Such purposes are hereby declared to be public uses for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired by the exercise of the power of eminent domain.
55 P.S. § 551