In addition to soaring gas prices, NY State drivers now have an additional cost to worry about.
The NY State Thruway Authority’s board of directors have approved a series of toll hikes that managers of the 641-mile superhighway say will raise about $375 million over the next three years.
Drivers who pay cash will see the smallest increase. Cash tolls will go up 5 percent next January and another 5 percent in January 2010.
Those using the EZ-Pass electronic toll collecting system — which provides discounts as an incentive to get drivers to sign up — will see much steeper increases.
Starting this July, a series of reductions in the EZ-Pass discount rates combined with higher toll rates will result in some drivers paying as much as 28 percent more than they do today.
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My Brooklyn to Monticello round trip (125 miles) avg 19 MPG with gas at $3.75 a gallon will cost me 47$ in gas, + the 8$ for the GWB, another 65 cents for the Thruway toll!! Hope at least I get some good cholent in Sloatsburg. (another 6 bux!!)
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