PA Turnpike Toll Hike Takes Effect
Drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike started paying higher tolls Sunday.
- By Becky Brindle
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- January 7, 2013
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The cost of driving on the Pennsylvania turnpike has gone up again.
Tolls for cash paying customers went up 10-percent. The increase is just 2-percent for drivers using E-Z Pass.
The new rates, which took effect Jan. 6, are expected to generate roughly $25 million in new revenue in 2013.
The toll increase is needed to satisfy the turnpike's obligation to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to help address a transportation-funding shortfall, according to a news release put out by the PA Turnpike Commission.
More changes are in the works as turnpike officials consider the possibility of eliminating toll plazas and cash payments.
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