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I wonder if the new increases come with a jar of vasoline? Not even sure if he's involved but as the Gov he could stop this. Murph needs to go in Nov.
"Whether a toll increase is needed or not, the Authority will take one annually, depending on the rate of inflation, unless the governor or legislature act to stop them,” said Steve Carrellas, National Motorist’s Association New Jersey policy director"
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Roughly 16 months after tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway went up in 2020, drivers who use the state’s two largest toll roads are facing another 3% toll hike on Jan. 1.
Included in the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s $2.289 billion 2022 budget is one sentence that might make drivers cringe — “annual toll rate indexing at 3% effective January 1, 2022,″ which in laypersons language means tolls are going up New Year’s Day.
Disgraceful, but we NJerseyans deserve every tax increase that is implemented. Come on man, Murfs platform is/was to raise taxes and he's not ashamed about it. I drive in fla for 7 months a year on new/newer/better roads and it doesn't cost us a nickel, the 5 months in NJ our monthly EZ Pass bill is/was between 200/300 a month and we're retired.
Disgraceful, but we NJerseyans deserve every tax increase that is implemented. Come on man, Murfs platform is/was to raise taxes and he's not ashamed about it. I drive in fla for 7 months a year on new/newer/better roads and it doesn't cost us a nickel, the 5 months in NJ our monthly EZ Pass bill is/was between 200/300 a month and we're retired.
Since you have lots of time, then, set your GPS to avoiding toll roads and take the scenic route!
Toll indexing ended the old process of announcing toll increases and holding hearings on them, and is being used by agencies as an alternative to proposing large toll increases after a period of years.
Actually NJ got screwed over on tolls many decades ago, I think the early 60's the Fed govt announced plans for a toll free I-95 to run though NJ. Problem was the TurnPike was already built and they weren't too crazy about everyone bypassing them.
As expected every which way that was scuttled, only part of it was ever built running into the interstate loop as I-95 over the Scudders Falls bridge and recently that was renumbered as I-295 after many decades of PA finally building the connection from I-95 to the PA Pike leading to NJ.
Toll free driving was scuttled all along. Theres a website online with maps over the years if anyone is interested.
I try to schedule personal trips around work trips so I can expense my tolls. Often, I can double-dip by hitting up two cases during one trip. So oddly, higher tolls benefit me now.
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