PA Turnpike Tolls to Increase in January

Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will go up in January.

The PA Turnpike Commission on Tuesday approved a 5 percent toll increase for both E-ZPass and cash customers.

The increase will be effective on Jan. 4, 2015.

The most common toll for a car will go from $1.04 to $1.09 for E-ZPass customers and $1.60 to $1.70 for cash customers, according to figures from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.

"Yearly Turnpike toll increases are necessary for the commission to satisfy the financial plan outlined under a transportation-funding law enacted seven years ago," said PA Turnpike CEO Mark Compton.

The 2015 toll increase will be the seventh annual rate increase.