It looks like the toll on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge will spike to $11, state Sen. Diane Savino said yesterday, up from the current $10, while the resident E-ZPass discount will increase 42 cents to $5.40, beginning next month.

The toll hikes are less onerous than the ones laid out under the MTA’s so-called doomsday budget that threatened to increase the Verrazano toll to a whopping $13 for non-residents and $6.30 for resident E-ZPass discount holders in the event of legislative inaction.

Ms. Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn), part of the Democratic majority that controls the state Senate, portrayed the toll hikes as a done deal in the latest MTA bailout plan — and the best deal possible.

“This is what will be happening,” she said, before adding, “This can always change,” noting that both houses of the Legislature and the governor still need to sign off on the bailout.

Staten Island’s representative on the MTA board, Allen Cappelli, confirmed the increase, while also cautioning, “The bill is not done yet.”

(Source: SiLive.com)