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TOLL INCREASE * USA - Route 30 a bad trip for truckers
Not to mention the rest of us who would suffer if truckers try to avoid turnpike toll hikes
York,PA,USA -In York Daily Record/Sunday News -12 Dec 2008: -- Forget, for a moment, whether it's a good idea for truckers to abandon the Pennsylvania Turnpike in favor of Route 30 to save a few bucks in tolls... Just forget that the toll increase, 25 percent, sounds huge, but when you look at it, it doesn't amount to that much. A trip from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, for instance, will result in a $3.90 increase for the 103.9 mile trip under the proposed toll increase that will take effect Jan. 4... But, while we don't want truckers using Route 30 to save a few bucks, we can't help but jeer the toll increase on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. A 25 percent increase, set to begin Jan. 4, is too steep in these tough economic times. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is to be lauded for cutting positions in the wake of state budget woes. But we think it could still do much more to increase efficiency. If a private company could lease the turnpike for huge sums and still turn a profit, as has been asserted by Gov. Ed Rendell, surely the state can squeeze at least a little more efficiency out of the highway. Maybe officials could start with more use of automatic toll takers to do what must be a mind-numbingly boring job... The rate hike is intended to pay for additional road and bridge projects in the state -- something truckers have clamored for after consistently voting Pennsylvania highways among the worst in the country...
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