PHILLYBURBS / AP: The turnpike commission on Monday announced increases of 12 percent for cash-paying motorists and 2 percent for those who use the electronic E-ZPass system.
The January 2014 toll boost will be the sixth annual increase since the turnpike began transferring $450 million a year to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in 2009 to help finance work on other state roads and bridges…
The turnpike payments are a holdover from a 2007 law that dedicated billions of dollars to the state’s roadwork and bridge repair needs and authorized the turnpike commission to collect tolls on Interstate 80. Federal regulators rejected the I-80 tolls, but the law continues to require the commission to make the annual transfers to PennDOT through 2057… (more)
