Pressherald - August 2, 2012 - The cost of driving through the York tollbooth on the Maine Turnpike is about to jump from $2 to $3 for cash customers.
Vehicles go through the Mile 101 toll plaza on the Maine Turnpike (Interstate 95) on Thursday in West Gardiner. Under a toll increase proposal tentatively adopted by Maine Turnpike Authority's board Thursday the toll there would go up 50 cents from $1.25 to $1.75. Read more >>
Vnews.com - April 29, 2025 - The new AET facility will allow for a continuous stream of vehicles at highway speeds, capturing the fee from an overhead gantry system.
The first of the project is expected to be completed by June 15 while the entire project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2027.
Weather permitting, construction crews will be working between the hours of 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. and will require the use of lane closures. They will begin constructing temporary widenings on the northbound and southbound sides, just north of the existing toll booth. Read more >>
wwnytv.com - April 24, 2025 - Fewer passengers are crossing the Thousand Islands Bridge, and it’s affecting revenue collected from tolls.
From January to March, crossings are down 26%. That amounts to $105 thousand in lost revenue in quarter one when compared to last year.
It could be because of U.S.-Canadian relations.
What helps to almost wipe out that deficit is the fact that commercial traffic on the bridge is up 2.5%Put. Read more >>
Northjersey.com - April 18, 2025 - Conduent, which lost a bid to win a $1.7 billion contract to manage E-ZPass for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, has asked the agency to hold off granting the contract to competitor company TransCore.
A Turnpike Authority hearing officer issued a lengthy decision that rejected Conduent's protest over the award on Tuesday and reaffirmed granting the contract to TransCore, which the Turnpike Authority's board had approved in September. Read more >>
WGME.com - April 17, 2025 - If you've noticed some odd activity on your EZ Pass account, you aren't alone, and it turns out there's an important reason behind it.
The Maine Turnpike Authority says they shut down the EZ Pass vehicle scanning system for a day in March after an attempted security breach. Read more >>
NorthJersey.com - April 15, 2025 - A New Jersey Turnpike Authority hearing officer rejected a bid protest and is moving forward with a $1.7 billion contract to TransCore to provide E-ZPass services — effectively closing the door on a more than 20-year relationship with Conduent, the prior E-ZPass service provider.
Thomas Holl, director of law at the Turnpike Authority, who was the designated hearing officer, did not mince words in his 107-page decision explaining why he believes "Conduent's challenges to the contract award are without merit." Read more >>
cfpublic.org - April 9, 2025 - Late-night and early-morning travelers will soon no longer have the option to pay tolls in cash on frequently traveled toll roads in Central Florida.
As a part of the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s initiative to go completely cashless by the end of the year, cash-accepting toll booths will be closed between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. starting April 22.
The expressway authority said this step is to further a “smoother and more efficient” system. Drivers are encouraged to adopt electronic payment methods, such as pay-by-plate, SunPass, or E-Pass. Read more >>
