Wednesday, October 18, 2006
No more tolls on the Mass Pike?
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2006/10/report_recommen.html
The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board today is considering a proposal to eliminate all tolls on the Pike west of Route 128 and most tolls east of the highway except for the Boston harbor tunnels.
They hope the loss of revenue would be offset by the layoff of more than 400 collectors and by moving administration and maintenance staff.
Since I don't use the pike anymore this really doesn't effect me, but it is interesting to see such a proposal especially after the advent of EZpass. Eliminating the tolls would have made the expenses of installing this system a huge wasted expense.
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