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Any work done on the thruway must be done with union labor, and at the highest wages. How is that looking out for the taxpayer and being prudent?
When will NYS start looking out for the taxpayer, not the political donors?
The thing with the increase, the Thruway Authority isn't included in the budget. So, they are a separate entity that gets their revenue from tolls. Meaning, people are likely going to avoid the Thruway, if they can.
So folks without a checking account or credit cards will feel the impact more. Of course there is little pushback because it clips commercial truckers and out of town users. Most people in NYS are inured to rising costs, since it never ends. NYS is in a somewhat unique position because you have to use the Thruway if you are travelling through the state for at least part of your trip.
I just went from Jacksonville to Charlotte NC last weekend, a distance of over 400 miles and didn't pay a penny in tolls. In NYS $28.04 each way for a grand total of $56.08, after the new toll increase are fully implemented by 2027, the trip would be $36.12 each way for a grand total of $72.24 as an out of state EZ pass holder.
To cross the Mario Cuomo bridge, the toll will go from 6.61 to 13.56 for out of state EZ pass holders
Not to sound like a broken record, but I used to vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC, for a number of years, a trip of approximately 830 miles from the Rochester, NY area. No tolls on that trip, too............
Not to sound like a broken record, but I used to vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC, for a number of years, a trip of approximately 830 miles from the Rochester, NY area. No tolls on that trip, too............
In both cases, those highways aren't maintained by a Thruway Authority. However, NC and FL both have toll roads. in fact, FL has more toll roads than any other state: https://www.transforce.com/drivers/d...%20the%20state. So, this isn't exclusive to NY.
In both cases, those highways aren't maintained by a Thruway Authority. However, NC and FL both have toll roads. in fact, FL has more toll roads than any other state: https://www.transforce.com/drivers/d...%20the%20state. So, this isn't exclusive to NY.
What does that have to do with the fact that it has more toll roads than any other state? All this proves is that government gets their money one way or another.
I guess, like most other legislation in NY, they didn't think of the secondary and tertiary consequences, after spending how much????? for the automation? Should have just removed the tolls, and leave it at that. Now, the money has been spent. I wonder who's friends got rich over this fiasco?
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