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May 18, 2011

TOLLS * USA - Maryland braces for toll increases

Highway users are bracing for what could amount to substantial toll increases in Maryland


Annapolis,MAR,USA -Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -May 16, 2011: ... The numbers aren’t final yet, but no matter what the increases turn out to be, truckers operating on already thin profit margins are not in favor of another squeeze... The Maryland Transportation Authority’s board of directors is scheduled to meet June 2 in Baltimore to develop a formal proposal to increase tolls. Recent committee meetings show the direction they could be headed... Early projections are that the current $15 toll on the Bay Bridge, also called the William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge on U.S. 50/301, could double to $30 for a five-axle truck... (Image from interstate-guide: Eastbound U.S. 50 at Exit 5, the eastern terminus of Maryland 410, the East-West Highway)

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