Pa. Turnpike to Eliminate Toll Plazas, Cash Payments
Plans are in the works to get rid of toll plazas and make the Pennsylvania Turnpike all electronic.
Officials are planning a dramatic conversion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike to all electronic tolling with no more toll plazas or cash payments in about five years. Turnpike Commission officials told state lawmakers that the project is the most ambitious of its kind in the nation. Instead of driving through toll plazas, vehicles will pass beneath sensors that will automatically deduct tolls from E-Z Pass accounts or photograph license plates so a bill can be sent to the owner. In July, the commission hired a contractor—HNTB Corp., a Missouri company with five offices including one in Harrisburg—to move forward with the plans to convert to an all-electronic tolling system that would eliminate the use of cash along the 545-mile route, …
wayne
6:15 am on Sunday, January 13, 2013
I agree, Maria. In Willow Grove, I have seen the backup stem from the fact that 611 North cannot handle the traffic load coming off the turnpike. Many times, the traffic is backed up AFTER the toll booths. more ›