Turnpike Tolls Going Up - By 25 Cents

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Turnpike Tolls Going Up

Board Votes To Raise Tolls By 25 Cents

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14449584/detail.html

POSTED: 3:03 pm EDT October 29, 2007
UPDATED: 3:12 pm EDT October 29, 2007

BOSTON --

It's official: Tolls are going up on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

The turnpike board has voted to raise tolls for passenger cars at
the Allston-Brighton and Weston interchanges by 25 cents to $1.25.

Also, one-way tolls for cars in the Ted Williams and Sumner tunnels
will rise 50 cents to $3.50. The hikes take effect in January.

The increases apply to Fast Lane users as well.

The vote was 3-2.

All five board members previously voted for a toll increase, but Romney
appointees Mary Connaughton and Judy Pagliuca were pushing for a toll-hike
plan that would have spared many MetroWest commuters from an increase.

They voted against the final plan.

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