If you have a collection of unpaid toll violations in the Houston area, it’s time to pay up. Harris County deputies will focus their efforts on large toll violators, owing more than $500 in unpaid tolls. The enforcement began on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
Deputies respond to a rapid alert system notifying law enforcement when and where a motorist moves through a toll booth.
The operations of the toll booth system function to catch violators by capturing the plate of the vehicle, description, and timeline of their violations including the dollar amount of unpaid tolls, according to a report by ABC13, a Houston-based news source.
EZ tags are free for drivers, and starting on Labor Day, Monday, Sept 4 toll prices will decrease by 15%.
Travelers from low-income households can join a pilot program to pay reduced toll charges on the Interstate 880 Express Lanes, announced the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority in April.
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority increased rates on six Austin-area toll roads beginning Jan. 1, 2023, the agency announced in December 2022.
Thousands of motorists passing the Causeway Bridge every day are soon obligated to replace their old tags with a windshield sticker.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike system will soon complete its conversion to an all-electronic tolling system, eliminating the need to stop at toll booths or plazas.
The PayTollo app ceased operations and deactivated user accounts, ending a 7-year business that began when the company launched the app specifically to aid Florida tourists needing a toll payment solution.
Pennsylvania drivers face a 5% increase for E-Z Pass and Toll by Plate Customers approved by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The increase took effect Jan. 8 at 12:01 a.m.
Drivers of clean-air vehicles will now pay a toll on the I-580 and I-680 Sunol express lanes if they are the sole occupants.
The US-412/Cherokee Turnpike converted to PlatePay, which is a completely cashless tolling system, on Feb. 9
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission awarded the Trumbell Corporation a $214 million contract to begin work on a Mon/Fayette Expressway PA Route 51 to I-376 Project’s southern section, which runs from its terminus at State Route 51 in Jefferson Hills to State Route 837 in Duquesne, Allegheny County, according to a statement from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
