Commuters who ride over the three bridges linking New Jersey and Staten Island will be able to save at least 50 percent on tolls, under a plan announced today by Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Effective Feb. 1, enrollees will pay $47.50 for 10 round-trip crossings of the Outerbridge Crossing, Bayonne and Goethals bridges, or $4.75 per round trip.
That’s half the $9.50 cost for E-ZPass subscribers, and 40 percent of the $12 cash toll, for commuters at rush hour, under a multi-phase toll hike imposed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in September. A similar discount will continue under additional increments of the hike through 2015.
The agency said E-ZPass subscribers who commute five times a week would save nearly $1,200 a year, while cash payers would save about $1,800. Motorists should contact their E-ZPass Service Center to enroll. Enrollment is open to residents of New York, New Jersey or any other state.
The announcement follows an outcry from Staten Islanders who complained that the island’s lack of mass transit access limits motorists’ options for avoiding the toll hike.
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this is so not fair . what happened to equality