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Fitch are rating North Carolina Turnpike Authority's Triangle Expressway bonds 'BBB-'. They include:

- $211m of Triangle Expressway (TE) current interest revenue bonds

- $84m of TE capital appreciation bonds

- $400m of TIFIA debt

Fitch Ratings have put Massachusetts Turnpike Authority's metro highway bonds on a "Rating Watch Negative" and made blistering remarks following the Authority's Monday wimp-out from an announced toll increase March 29.

Fitch Ratings after a review of the New Jersey Turnpike have reaffirmed the 'A' rating for the big toller's revenue bonds, and say its overall outlook rating is Stable, a change from the Negative outlook they had before the recent toll increase.

Fitch Ratings have given Florida DOT a dream bond rating of 'AA-' on account of what they describe as the Turnpike Enterprise's "strong service area", their diversity of toll properties, their "track record of prudent and conservative project development and financial management," and their "proactive stance" toward raising tolls as needed.

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