the toll roads

Completion of the blocked 241 tollroad of Orange County California looks just a little closer following an okay from the City of San Juan Capistrano in the path of the planned final leg to I-5.

The Toll Roads of Orange County California are sponsoring a monthly lottery in which the winner will get $1,000 in toll credits they can use for travel with a FasTrak electronic toll transponder. Odds of winning the 'grand' prize will be improved according to the amount of travel in the month on the four county tollroads.

Southern California tollers have agreed to repay about $1.4m and to waive $41m or an estimated 29% of accumulated toll violation penalties owing for violations since early 2003. They have also agreed to make major revisions to their handling of future violations.

Transportation Corridors Agencies who run The Toll Roads in Orange County California celebrated the opening of a third lane each direction at the 241 or Foothill/Eastern Toll Road this week. For about 6km (4 miles) each direction third lanes have been added in the median of the far northern end of the 241 right up to the connector ramps of the interchange with the CA91 freeway.

Joseph P Doherty is new group president of all the government business units of Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), the largest customer service provider for the E-ZPass electronic toll system. Doherty is a 20 year veteran of the US Navy, but more recently spend ten years at Computer Sciences Corp where he rose to preisdent of the Americas Division.  

The government business group of ACS where toll systems support is located has its major offices in Washington DC and the Maryland suburbs.

Michael Huerta still rules tolls

Eight congressmen representing communities most affected by the Foothill South Toll Road have written to the US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez urging that he over-ride a veto being attempted by the state's Coastal Commission.