As of today, there will be a 53 percent toll hike on the New Jersey Turnpike and 50 percent increase on the Garden State Parkway.
Beginning at 6:30 a.m., the average passenger vehicle toll will rise from $2.20 to $3.30 on the Turnpike and 70 cents to $1.05 on the Parkway. The average truck toll will increase from $7.95 to $12.15 on the Turnpike and $1.40 to $2.15 on the Parkway.
A passenger vehicle trip from Turnpike Exit 14 in Newark to Exit 9 in East Brunswick will jump from $2.85 to $4.35.
The hike is the second part of a two-phase toll increase adopted by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority under Gov. Jon Corzine in October 2008.
The first phase brought increases of 43 percent on the Parkway and 40 percent on the Turnpike, so in a short time, tolls have almost doubled.
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Just to be exact, the last sentence of the article is incorrect. Tolls have MORE than doubled. Tolls were originally (3 years ago) $.70 on the Parkway, and increased 43% to $1.00. If they now are increasing 50% to $1.50, that is more than double the original $.70.