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House backs doubling turnpike tolls for out-of-state motorists

1 day ago in Local

Signs on the electronic toll booths indicate to motorists entering the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Gibsonia, Pa. on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, to keep moving and the methods being used to collect tolls. More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling. Turnpike records show the millions of motorists who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate reader system. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Keith Srakocic

CONCORD, N.H.- Despite strong opposition from Governor Kelly Ayotte, House lawmakers have backed a measure that would double turnpike tolls for motorists without a New Hampshire E-ZPass transponder.

Winning support without debate Thursday on a voice vote, House Speaker Sherman Packard, R-Londonderry, referred Senate Bill 627 to the Ways and Means Committee for further review.

Under the bill the state would raise about $50 million more per year for turnpike projects, Supporters note that all New England states and New York have higher toll rates for those without the E-ZPass transponders in those areas.

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