toll hikes
Proposal to hike NJ tolls 50% in 2008 and 2013 and toll I-78 and I-80
Posted Wed, 2008-04-30 17:35
A leading New Jersey legislator Senator Ray Lesniak says he's pushing a plan to boost toll revenues in the state to support what he calls "absolutely necessary" transport improvements. The plan involves two 50% hikes in tolls, one immediately and the other in five years time.
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Richmond VA tolls up to 70c from 50c
Posted Tue, 2008-03-18 19:31
Tolls on the Richmond Metropolitan Authority's (RMA) Downtown Expressway and Powhite Parkway will go up from 50c to 70c Sept 8, the board voted today. It was the first toll increase for ten years. The board was heavily divided and the vote went only 7 to 6 for the raise.
The toll hike at the two mainline toll plazas with proportional increases at the Boulevard Bridge and ramps should increase full year RMA toll revenue from $26m to $36m/year.
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NJ Gov Corzine acknowledges lack of support for his big toll hikes plan
Posted Wed, 2008-03-05 22:23Governor Corzine has acknowledged he isn't getting political support for his big tollroads monetization plan that he put out early this year. And his supporters are saying only a much scaled down version of the plan is
possible together with abandonment of the elaborate set of political cutouts Corzine proposed to limit backsliding - what some have characterized as a Rube Goldberg legal contraption.
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