Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be increasing by 6% across the board in 2020. It will be the 12th year in a row that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) passed a toll increase.
According to the PTC, tolls have been increased every year not only to maintain the turnpike, but also to support unrelated state transportation costs.
“Since 2007, the commission has increased tolls annually to maintain its aging roads and make good on a funding obligation required by two state laws, Act 44 of 2007 and Act 89 of 2013,” PTC CEO Mark Compton said in a press release. “As a result, the commission has delivered $6.6 billion in toll-backed funding to PennDOT in the last dozen years.”
The 2020 fiscal year will see PTC gathering an estimated $1.4 billion in tolls. But during that time, they will pay $450 million to the state for non-Turnpike transportation items.
Tolls are set to increase on January 5th, 2020 at every tolling location in the state except three. The following locations will see increases starting October 27th, 2019: PA Turnpike 376, (Beaver Valley Expressway); PA Turnpike 66 (Greensburg Bypass or Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass); and the Gateway tolling point (milepost 2 near Ohio on I-76).
PTC spokesman Carl DeFebo says that the yearly toll hikes of 6% won’t last forever. According to PennLive, the $450 million yearly payments will be reduced by $50 million per year starting in 2022. DeFebo says that after that, toll increases might be only two or three percent… but they’ll still likely come every year.
Source: pennlive, wtae, pittsburghcbs, wfmz, paturnpike
ROBERT E SCOTT says
No worries. I haven’t delivered in PA since the increase last year.
Danilo Gonzalez says
if they actually used the money to fix the roads everything would be fine and everyone wouldn’t complain.!!
But the only thing they are good at is stuffing there pockets with our hard earned money .
Rayzer says
Hahahaha!!!! No one would complain!!!! Hahahaha!!!! You are too funny, man!
Andrew H says
Uh… The PA turnpike is one of the worse condition toll roads I’ve driven on. Some of the new segments are nice but the majority is rough. Ohio turnpike was the best stretch of the I-80/76 toll corridor when I was OTR.
Manuel Perez says
They found a way to the cookie jar
Steve Duggan says
Pennsylvania is a worthless dump, people who pay a premium to live there are morons
Bad Influence says
All that money and the turnpike has got to be one of the worst highways I’ve ever driven on. Total mismanagement of those funds, being spent on everything but PA roads. If all that money was spent for what it was collected for PA would have the best interstate system in the country.
bobtrucks says
From Salary.com
Exec. Salaries at PTC
This is where your tolls go
NAME AND TITLE TOTAL COMPENSATION
Barry Cohen
EVP, Chief Strategy Officer
$3,259,511
James Heppelmann
President and Chief Executive Officer
$49,969,163
Anthony DiBona
Former EVP, Focused Solutions
$6,502,114
Andrew Miller
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
$13,259,511
Craig Hayman
Former EVP, Chief Operating Officer
$3,355,049
Matthew Cohen
EVP, Field Operations
$3,688,580
Kathleen Mitford
EVP, Products
$2,382,200
Michael A Tyson says
PA has one of the worst road systems in the nation.
Michael A Tyson says
PA has the worst road systems in the nation.
Lou says
Because everything goes to Filthadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Andrew Burns says
All big CO don’t care they up raising prices on their load to the receivers & the shippers but then the small independent never get what they really want they work for pennies & act there big money
Andrew Burns says
If all independent refuse go up tp Pennsylvania Turnpike it really would hurt state I believe there is a lot independent need to Barry the political parties
Frank says
It must really suck living in that horrible state no wonder everyone there is so miserable !