Leaders of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission are preparing for another year of managing the 75-year-old highway.
In an address at the annual state transportation briefing, Turnpike Commission CEO Mark Compton said plans in the works all lead up to the year 2022. That’s when funding obligations to PennDOT change, reducing annual payments by 400 million dollars. In the meantime, Compton says the agency is tracking project expenses very carefully.
Compton also said one of the major initiatives turnpike officials are working towards are plans for no-cash interchanges, where drivers either use and E-ZPass or get a bill delivered later.
“About 80 percent of Pennsylvania drivers are using E-ZPass, so that means 20 percent are stopping,” he said. “There’s a lot of weaving happening at our interchanges and accidents are occurring everyday.”
Turnpike tolls are set to increase 6 percent at the start of next year.
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