Politics & Government
Turnpike Tolls to Rise Again
Drivers without an E-Z Pass will have a higher toll increase.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has approved a 2014 toll-rate increase of 2 percent for E-ZPass customers and 12 percent for cash customers.
The new rates will take effect on Jan. 5, 2014.
The PTC stated in a news release that "the increase is largely needed to allow the PTC to meet its funding obligation to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under a 2007 state law known as Act 44.
"New revenues from the increase will also help fund the Turnpike’s capital-improvement plan, which is focused mostly on completely rebuilding the 73-year-old toll road and widening it from four to six lanes."
The last toll hike took place in January 2013.
The 2014 increase will be the 11th rate hike in the history of the PTC—and the sixth yearly toll increase implemented after the passage of Act 44. Act 44 directs the commission to make annual payments to PennDOT for the state’s ground-transportation network.
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