PA Turnpike Reminds Travelers of 2019 Toll Increase
HARRISBURG,
PA… The PA Turnpike
Commission (PTC) reminded customers that, EFFECTIVE 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 6, tolls
now reflect a six-percent increase for cash, E-ZPass and PA Turnpike TOLL BY
PLATE users. The increase, approved by commissioners last July, is needed to
meet the PTC’s dual funding obligation to improve its toll-road system and
support mass-transit improvements across the Commonwealth.
As a result, the
most-common toll for a passenger vehicle will increase a dime for E-ZPass
customers from $1.30 to $1.40 and 20 cents for cash customers from $2.10 to
$2.30.
The toll
increase — like others since 2009
— is required to meet the PA Turnpike’s legislatively mandated funding
obligation to support the Commonwealth’s public-transportation systems as well
as to maintain and improve the 552-mile Turnpike.
“Parts of our
roadway are 78 years old, and we owe it to customers, who pay a premium to
travel, to invest in our road and make it safer, smoother and wider,” said PTC
CEO Mark Compton. “This year about 84 percent of our $552 million capital
budget is focused on renewing, rebuilding and widening our highway which
carried more than 200 million vehicles last year.”
The PTC has
reconstructed more than 140 miles of its system, with another 11 miles of
roadway now being rebuilt and widened and more than 82 miles in planning and
design phases. (The PTC does not receive tax appropriations to operate and
maintain its roadway.)
Additionally,
the Turnpike delivered more than $6 billion in toll-backed funding to PennDOT
in the last decade. The PTC’s annual payments of $450 million — mandated by Act
44 of 2007 — are to be reduced to $50 million a year in 2022 under Act 89 of
2013.
This six-percent
toll increase will apply to all PA Turnpike sections and extensions, including
the westbound Delaware River Bridge cashless tolling point (#359) in Bucks
County, where tolls have not changed since January 2016.
One way to
moderate the effect of the increase is to switch to E-ZPass. E-ZPass holders
will save $3.70 on a single trip between Valley Forge and Harrisburg West, for
example. To calculate how much you could save on your next trip, visit https://www.paturnpike.com/toll/tollmileage.aspx.
E‑ZPass is the world leader in toll interoperability with 35 million E‑ZPass devices in circulation across 17 states. Today, about 80 percent of PA Turnpike travelers pay with E-ZPass. A PA Turnpike E-ZPass can be used on any toll facility where the purple-and-white E-ZPass logo is shown. To learn more visit https://www.paturnpike.com/toll/ezpass_info.aspx or call 1-877-PENN-PASS (1-877-736-6727).
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