No Easy Pass for North Carolina’s First Privately Run Toll Lanes
North Carolina signed contracts and sold $100 million of municipal bonds, workers are surveying the land and the state’s first private toll lanes are set to open on Interstate 77 in 2018.
Rhode Island May Postpone Plan to Toll Trucks on Bridges
The Rhode Island General Assembly may postpone consideration of the governor’s controversial “RhodeWorks” infrastructure plan, which includes bridge tolls on tractor-trailers, the press secretary for the state Senate president said June 10.
June 15, 2015Truck Toll Excluded from Rhode Island's Budget, For Now
The Rhode Island General Assembly might postpone consideration of the governor’s controversial "RhodeWorks" road and bridge plan, which includes truck tolls on bridges, until later this year, the press secretary for state Senate President Teresa Paiva Weed said June 10.
Maine Legislature Tries to Crack Down on Canadian Truckers Avoiding Tolls
Officials in Maine said they have grown weary of Canadian truckers traveling the Maine Turnpike on their way to U.S. East Coast markets without paying tolls.
June 1, 2015Toll Battles Mount as States Seek Cash for Ailing Roads
As U.S. states collect record tolls from drivers, political opposition to fee-based highways and bridges is threatening efforts to rebuild crumbling infrastructure.
Texas DOT Begins Refunding Bungled Toll Fees
The Texas Department of Transportation started mailing $1.5 million in refund checks to some tollway drivers who were overbilled, the Associated Press reported.
March 23, 2015Missouri Truckers Preparing to Fight Efforts to Toll I-70
Missouri truckers said they will fight renewed attempts by the state to toll Interstate 70 in order to pay for its rebuilding.
Truck Tolls on Illinois Tollway Will Jump 40% on Jan. 1
Truck tolls on the Illinois Tollway will increase by 40% starting Jan. 1, part of a rate schedule the tollway laid out in 2008 over trucking industry objections.
Illinois Tollway Fare to Spike 40% on Jan. 1
Trucks that run on the Illinois Tollway are bracing for the 40% toll hike that kicks in on Jan. 1, part of a long-range plan that by 2017 is expected to raise truck tolls by 60%.
November 24, 2014High-Speed Texas Toll Road Considered in Default by Moody’s
Moody’s Investors Service has announced it considers the Texas toll road that has the highest speed limit in the country in default for failing to make its full June debt payment.