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TOLLS * USA - Truckers upset with Ohio Turnpike ones
Akron,OH,USA -The Akron Beacon Journal -Jan 13, 2009: -- Trucking industry officials say drivers will avoid the Ohio Turnpike if the state charges higher tolls, sending big rigs onto smaller, parallel roads and increasing traffic congestion... Tolls on the 241-mile highway that runs across northern Ohio are expected to climb at the end of 2009 when the new E-ZPass electronic toll-payment system is launched... But trucking industry officials dispute the notion they will save money... Many companies now receive a 15 percent toll discount each month after they spend $1,000 on tolls. The program, offered since 1997, would be eliminated under E-ZPass because it would be too hard to coordinate with electronic tolling... Commercial vehicles make up 20 percent of all turnpike traffic and provide 55 percent of toll revenues, turnpike officials said...
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